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In reply to the discussion: Why Organic Can't Fulfill Our Food Supply Ideals [View all]BronxBoy
(2,286 posts)67. Well he's flawed in the point he's trying to make......
Lots of organic farmers I know including myself use a wide range of water soluble fertilizers including fish emulsions and compost teas of varying recipes. Actually both organic and conventional farmers use a mix of fertilizers both soluble and non-soluble. The non-soluble stuff goes in to promote soil health and long term fertility. Fertilizing through the drip system is sorta akin to taking vitamins. The overwhelming majority of farmers that I know, both conventional and sustainable use drip as a supplemental nutritional additive.
We have thousand acre commodity crop farms down here that are producing massive amounts of food and guess what? The large majority of them ain't using drip irrigation
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And none of that distraction has anything to do with the BS that is "organic" food marketing.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#20
I don't understand why these continual promotions for commercial interests are allowed here.
Zorra
Mar 2015
#97
It's true that food produced under NOP certification can use synthetic substances
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#34
I think the majority of all agriculture isn't currently using drip irrigation
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#69
It's classic anti-GMO framing. You're not fooling anyone who actually cares about reality.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#28
Ag products that use chemicals I imagine, as it's DuPont, which is a chemical company
gollygee
Mar 2015
#36
So anyone who has any connection to the organic industry can be summarily dismissed?
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#66