Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The death of organic foods?

Why You Can Now Kiss Organic Beef, Dairy and Many Vegetables Goodbye. Actually, this came from the NC links, but I'll highlight another one later.  I have to say that I haven't understood the whole organic market in the first place.  While we may not be able to use mined phosphorus and potash indefinitely in the future, I never understood why they couldn't be used in organic farming.  I can't imagine producing large amounts of milk and meat using feed raised without herbicides and commercial fertilizers.  Dairymen have enough trouble getting all their field work done on a daily basis while using herbicides, let alone trying to cultivate all their fields several times.

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