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  • From: maroc AT islandnet.com (Maroc)
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: organic corn (fwd)
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 05:14:58 +0000


Don't be so hesitant Megan, you're absolutely correct, this is one of the
characteristics I look for in selecting seed.


Hi-
>I used to order organic corn from an organic produce wholesaler (Organically
>Grown Cooperative) in Eugene, OR. I was told by one of their staff that
>there are varieties of corn that are "tighter" and more "closed" (excuse my
>very technical language!) where the silks are and apparently this can be a
>good deterrent as well to the moth that lays its eggs in the corn. Someone
>tell me if this is so, or correct me if I am in error here.
>Thanks!
>Megan Miller-Morgan
>University of Oregon RARE Program
>Lincoln County Extension Office
>29 SE 2nd Street
>Newport, OR 97365
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Ava Devenport [mailto:essenheal AT iname.com]
>Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:00 PM
>To: market farming
>Subject: Re: organic corn (fwd)
>
>On 05/19/00, ""delannw" <delannw AT dlogue.net>" wrote:
>> Facinating discussion here on organic sweet corn. I was told by an
>> extension agent two years ago, that organic sweet corn had to have worms.
>> That, he claimed, was the 'test' or expectation for organically grown
>corn.
>> If there weren't any worms, he said, then it being organic was questioned.
>>
>The only reason they look for worms, insects, etc. is the fact that it's an
>easy "visual", means the food is "alive". It doesn't mean that if there
>are no worms, etc., that it has been chemically treated, just makes their
>job a little harder.
>
>> I was dumbfounded. Told him I didn't have worm problems in my organic
>> sweet corn. He didn't believe me.
>
>If he didn't believe you, he's not a good extension agent as there are many
>"natural chemicals" within the organic world that can repel insects without
>altering the food.
>>
>> Of course, that was the consistent message during the master gardener
>> training sessions. The extension educators for fruits and vegetables gave
>> us lots of disgusting examples of produce that was "organically grown" and
>> urged us not to do it. That seems to have been toned down a bit in the
>last
>> year.
>>
>I'll take the "ugly" produce that has swarms of gnats, flies, brown spots,
>misshappen shapes, etc., versus the grocery store produce that has been so
>"artificially chemical" treated that no living thing can survive! Live
>food equals live bodies!
>
>Blessings,
>Ava
>> Del Williams
>> Farmer in the Del
>> Clifton IL
>
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