North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[bruce <rural@threeriverwb.net>]

Ditto for the Mennonites in north Idaho, where I used to live. They are 
very into chemical agriculture.

On 6/4/2006 10:55:34 AM, Philip Stewart (philstewart24@yahoo.com) wrote:
> Obviously one
> can't paint an entire group of people
> with a single stroke, but my experience has been that
> not only do the Amish often eagerly embrace chemical
> agriculture, they are remarkably cavalier about the
> dangers posed by the compounds involved. A coworker of
> mine said the Amish near his place never wore any kind
> of protective gear when spraying, not even gloves or
> goggles. An Amish man my grandfather knew was still
> using lead arsenate from a stash of the stuff in his
> barn in the early 1990s. Another Amish fellow I spoke
> to was almost creepy in his enthusiasm for
> nicotine-based insecticides.
>
> My guess, though, is that like many other technology
> issues, stances on this issue varying among communities.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>
> Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
> This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on 
web sites.
> Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't
> claim you have permission!
>
> **YOU MUST