Janic wrote:
I reacted to this sentence: "Come on, it was my scratch of the day against the "organic sores"" seeming to emphasize that bio = sores ".
it's from time to time and me all the time: a question of choice!
You see how you lend thoughts ???
1) rant against "organic sores", it was first a play on words; very exactly, a alliteration.
Well, we notice it or not ... I admit that it may not be top!
2) Then, it is well against the "organic sores" (as I would have written against the bigots when it comes to Catholicism), my claw (so the bios who refuse to open their eyes to reality and who follow it like a fad - I don't name anyone; I know it exists because I know some)
This is nothing to say, write, imply that all "bios" are sores!
To be clear, among the bios, there are, in my humble opinion, sores ("eat, it's organic!") ...
3) It is not from time to time that I consume organic; it is regular, but not always and not everything (in particular, I refuse to be "milked" when the price difference is collosal and is not justified by agronomic reasons; also I go the route when the "gain" is not considerable - do you know by eg on classic cabbage, in Alsace, farmers use an "organic" insecticide because it is more effective? Without labeling for all that, so for example, a classic cabbage whose outer leaves are discarded does not choke me ...).
4) Now you always dodge the bottom, who, on this thread, East : is "organic" certified agriculture allowed to use potash and phosphoric fertilizers of geological origin? ? Yes or no ?
In this sense, does it contribute yes or no to emptying finite geological reserves (even very limited in these two cases!)
I remind you that on this point, above, you wrote, something which is not very flattering for me, finally which calls into question an idea which I advance:
first news! what kind of organic farmer are you talking about?
Instead of turning your eyes to the so-called organic, find out from those who have been practicing for 50 years and you may have another look.
It is I who needs another look or you to open your eyes to one of the limits of classic "organic", labeled, French or European ???
See for example:
http://www.dordogne.chambagri.fr/filead ... esRegl.pdf
[for those who are not "specialists": natural phosphates, it is clear; patentkali = http://www.produjardin.fr/engrais-bio/e ... 50-kg.html]
5) Another thing would be the debate on organic labeling in exotic countries (Egyptian potato), when we know the level of corruption in these countries ... I make a point of buying when you want certificates on the black market of one of these countries ... [before getting angry again for nothing, for information, I have 12 years of work in Africa on the clock, without ever having paid a backschich I want to clarify - we is not numerous in this case!]
And something else the carbon footprint of organic from the other side of the world ... [including frozen from China ...]
6) I will open soon on this forum a thread on "How to garden effortlessly [I have heart disease] and" more than organic "?"
I have some experiments going on in my garden. I do sphotos. Well, this year is off to a bad start!
And I would like to stimulate an open reflection but not dogmatic [as long as it doesn't turn into the battle of ragpickers].
My goal (it's a scoop), to produce without fertilizers (even authorized in organic), without treatments (even authorized in organic) and almost without work (but I still hope to harvest!).
As pointed out above, I luckily met Manfred and Frédéric Wenz, who have been cultivating for almost 20 years without working the soil, in permanent cover and are labeled ... Demeter! (Biodynamics). I have met them twice. With other thoughts, it made me try a couple of things ...