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  • From: road's end farm <organic101@linkny.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] amish orcharding
  • Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:46:09 -0400


On Jun 3, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Thomas Beckett wrote:

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Reading and thinking about the challenges of growing apples organically,
it occured to me that the Amish are not likely to have adopted modern
chemical-farming practices in their orchards. But I can't find anything
online about Amish orchard techniques. Is there any published
examination of Amish agriculture extant? Any wisdom to share?

Many or most Amish and Mennonites do use "modern chemical-farming". The Amish just don't use tractors to power the sprayers. I do know a few Mennonites interested in organic.


--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly



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