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Re: [Market-farming] BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides'
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides'
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:45:07 -0400
On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Mike Rock wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206045.stm
Interesting; though it does leave the impression that organic is only about which pesticide is used, not about using other techniques to avoid using pesticides altogether as much as possible. (Of course, it's a report from the American Chemical Society.)
They left out a question: what's the effect on beneficials?
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides',
Mike Rock, 08/17/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides', Road's End Farm, 08/17/2009
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