Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[pete <pete.rout@virgin.net>]

In the UK it has just been reported that organic demand is 
outstripping supply and we will have to import more to keep up with 
it.  The way commerce thinks these days we will be importing from the 
US and the US will be importing from the UK.
The people who really need the food in places such as Africa will be 
exporting to us and we will send them food parcels because of their 
lack of food supplies.
Pete





> > The number of organic farms -- an estimated 10,000
> -- is also
> increasing,
> > but not fast enough. As a result, organic
> manufacturers are looking
> for
> > ingredients outside the United States in places like
> Europe, Bolivia,
> > Venezuela and South Africa.
>
> Interesting, here is where the two values of "organic"
> vs. "sustainability" seem to collide contradictorily.
>
> if we have to outsource to distant lands, incurring
> huge diesel-fueled shipping costs for our organics,
> how are we going to survive the "peak oil" event in
> 2012?
>
> it's what James Howard Kunstler calls the "3000-mile
> caesar salad," an eminently UNsustainable dish for the
> family table, be it organic or not.  there's just too
> much petro in that salad, yo.
>
> peace thru sustainability,
>
> bobby g
> http://www.burning-wheel.org
>
>
> __________________________________________________


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