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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded
- From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:27:10 -0500
Those are definitely legitimate concerns,
particularly industrial chemicals. The pesticides from other stream-side farms
are probably not an issue unless they came from bulk tanks or storage facilities,
where you have large volumes of undiluted materials. Anything sprayed on field
would be very dilute from the application to begin with, then further diluted
by the huge volumes of water, most of which carried the toxins away. You may be
able to get data from local officials who are responsible for environmental
monitoring, which could tell you about the toxins and how much was in the
water. I suspect a state or Federal EPA office is the lead agency who could
provide that data. Bill William H. Shoemaker Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops 630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610 Probably, the
greater concern would be the transport and deposit of non-organic residues from
neighboring farms and industrial sites. Luckily, our small tributary river
doesn't have industrial sites along it. But there are certainly many
non-organic farms, with extensive *cide use upstream from us. |
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[Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Sue Dickhaus, 05/06/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded, Mike Rock, 05/06/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
William H Shoemaker, 05/07/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Carla Shafer, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Carla Shafer, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Liz Pike, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded, William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded, Liz Pike, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Liz Pike, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded, breck, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Carla Shafer, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded, William H Shoemaker, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded,
Carla Shafer, 05/14/2010
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