Posted on 02/21/2006 7:55:22 AM PST by laney
As I recall a couple of years ago several people died or were badly sickened by hepatitis caught in a Mexican restaurant that was traced to raw green onions grown in Mexico that were apparently fertilized with raw human sewage. I suppose that is technically an organic growing technique but it is nasty.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Nasty. We have gray water available for lawns in our neighborhood, but you shouldn't drink it or use it on your food plants. Wash those veggies!
They do, and that's the reason for the huge bacterial problems being imported along with the produce. Yuk.
I could not agree with you more!
When we look at our past, it is not what we had that we think and reflect upon it's what person made an impact on us and our life, like my grandmother who was the Bone in the Soup for my family...
Some simple but memorable moments I had with her was holding a bucket with her, while she picked peaches off the tree in our yard to make Home Made Peach Pie!
Small volume products tend to cost more, especially when they cost more to produce.
Farmers use all the chemicals because it decreases their cost per unit produced. When you don't use them, your cost per unit goes up. In particular, you run a huge risk of losing your entire crop to insects or disease.
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