Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[aliza <aliza@jeffnet.org>]

Hmmm....  Notice there was no offering of local organic foods:o(  I  
am starting to wonder if folks think that the only organically grown  
grown food is corporate stuff.  I am not talking about certification  
here - just simple organically grown or better yet no till biodynamic  
- no pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, anthelmics - the  
list is long.  I strongly prefer to grow it myself.  Next would be  
organically grown local then organically grown and shipped.  I dont  
think that there is any way I can justify the use of foods that are  
grown with methods that poison the soil and water.  Obviously there  
are problems with corporate foods - both local and shipped in.   
Obviously the "organic standards" arent enough.  But jimminy cricket  
at least there is some level of oversee.  I definately would purchase  
a shipped organic apple over a conventional one that is grown  
locally.  I live near Harry and David and am in apple and pear  
country.  The amount of spraying that goes on in conventional foods  
is appalling.  I really dont want my water poisoned any more then I  
want the folks that live far from me to have their water poisoned.   
Buying local from non organic methods just reinforces the  
conventional model.

I am not articulating this very well at all but it seems to me that  
the question isnt local vs organic it is how do we create a local  
model of sustainable agriculture which in my view must include  
organic growning methods as a base or we are just poisoning ourselves.

aliza
who is obviously really frustrated - I just heard that Hershey's  
bought out our own local Dagoba Chocolate though I havent confirmed  
it yet:o(



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