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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

hello,

That is my experience in the Nennonite area of SW Ontario.

Tom

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:46:09 -0400, road's end farm  
<organic101@linkny.com> wrote:

> 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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