Posted by Bret4207 on October 19, 2013 at 05:04:20 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Organic Farming posted by Hoofer B on October 15, 2013 at 13:58:00:
I'll say this on the "organic" vs conventional (heavy chem use) farming- I'm like Tanker, I'm not organic and don't really want to be. But it's got to be absolutely apparent to anyone that looks that mono cropping, heavy chemical use, bare earth cultivation practices and such aren't really long term sustainable methods. I'd put dumping ridiculous amounts of liquid manure into that mix too. That stuff is loaded with a lot more than manure around me.
Wouldn't the better, more sustainable solution be to do as has been mentioned and stop paving over the good farm lands, start rotating crops, get livestock back onto pasture, use less fuels and chemicals if we can? I suppose if you believe the soils only purpose is to hold up a plant you wouldn't see it this way. For me, it's just too expensive to use chemicals for everything. Even lime is getting crazy expensive now. And then there are the numbers involved- yeah, it would take more farm land to produce the same volume with out so much chemicals, but wouldn't more farms and farmers be better in the long run?
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