To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:31:51 -0400
Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/13/MN0218DVJ8.DTL
"(07-13) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and flowering cilantro around his organic
vegetable fields in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville to harbor beneficial insects, an alternative to pesticides.
He has since ripped out such plants in the name of food safety, because his big customers demand sterile buffers around
his crops. No vegetation. No water. No wildlife of any kind."
[permaculture] Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 07/13/2009