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Here is something I read a few months back...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2017094.stm

I'll let you peruse it for yourself, but basically the article is about
a 21 year study of organic farming by the Swiss, and they say we don't
need no stinkin' petrochemicals. :) In fact in the UK many farmers would
like to switch over to purely organic farming, but they don't have the
economic ability to do so since their fields have to lay dormant for x
number of years in order to be certified.

Regards,
Tom

Lance A. Brown wrote:

| On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 19:12, Chris Hedemark wrote:
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| >In either case, it sounds like we have at least two VERY SOLID
| >alternatives to pure fossil fuel, but neither are available in the
| >Triangle.  E85 sounds on the surface like something I can probably use
| >now, with biodiesel being a goal for the future (100% renewable, with
| >all the benefits of a diesel engine)
|
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| With or without petrochemical aided farming?  I grew up in southern MN
| surrounded by fields of corn and soybeans and saw how much stuff was
| sprayed on growing plants and/or injected into the ground.  I'm curious
| to know if that 100% renewable claim can be met with "natural" farming
| techniques.
|
| --[Lance]
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