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- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:26:03 -0400
Lucy, I agree to a certain extent and there are certainly lots of examples out there of organic "large scale" grain growers. I personally never claimed that organic was impossible at a larger scale in terms of grains. I had a chance to listen to and ask questions of Klaas & Mary-Howell Marten who are both larger scale organic growers and organic grain buyers. I know several spelt and bean growers here in Ohio as well and we have a fairly long list at the OEFFA Grain Growers group. That said any criticism I have directly deals with information on yields and commercial sales. What I know about the Rodale Farming Systems Trial is what I have gleaned from videos on YouTube, a couple articles in Acres which never contained data, and their own "Full Report" PDF available for download on their website: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/fst30years If there is other hard data I would be VERY much happy to read it and correct my statement. The "Full Report" is a puff piece that makes claims with ZERO supporting data. When OSU Extension releases organic data at the OEFAA Conference they have tons of supporting data and I can then actually see what is going on. The problem with a lot of these discussion (and I am not suggesting you are making this claim Lucy) is that if you are not 100% onboard then you are the enemy. I am a farmer and thus a skeptic regardless of whether its organic, GM, or conventional. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 |
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn
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- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, maury sheets, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Jay Sleichter, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Owsley lucy, 09/21/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Road's End Farm, 09/21/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, William H Shoemaker, 09/21/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Marty Kraft, 09/21/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Nan Hildreth, 09/25/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Richard Stewart, 09/21/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] organic and scale, Road's End Farm, 09/21/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Richard Stewart, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Etienne Goyer, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn,
maury sheets, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Wiediger, Alison, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Road's End Farm, 09/20/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Now......GMO sweet corn, Andy Fellenz, 09/20/2011
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