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- From: Marcie Rosenzweig <fullcircle AT jps.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: market-farming digest: December 13, 2001
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 05:02:09 -0800
Hey Brian and Jackie,
Pesticides are by definition anything that kills a pest, just as herbicides are anything that kills plants. The reason most markets ban the "no pesticides" signs is twofold: first, it's confusing to consumers who have trouble distinguisihing "no pesticides" from organic, and secondly, most of the time it's just plain incorrect. By the definition of "pesticide," soap sprays, Bt compounds, and diatomacious earth are pesticides. To take this one step further to the ridiculous, if you handpick tomato worms and stomp them, YOU are a pesticide.
"No sprays" is probably even worse since even a garlic and cayenne spray or ground bugs spray while repellents and not "pesticides" are still sprays.
Americans are notoriously imprecise in our use of language.
Marcie
Marcie A. Rosenzweig
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- Re: market-farming digest: December 13, 2001, Marcie Rosenzweig, 12/14/2001
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