http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32205139...and_nutrition/
A new study says organic food has no health advantages
what a crock....! ohhhh this makes me so mad
i want to slap everyone who participated in this study.
WHAT about the Planet's health? was that factored in too?
I don't think so.... which is why it just lights my fuse...
When you fertilize with
just nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus
or NPK you essentially " Mine the soil " of all of the other micro elements.
Eventually this leads to deficiencies in the soil which invites insect infestations which promotes using more of the Insecticides to control the Bugs.
the use of powdered fertilizers does nothing to increase the organic matter in the soil which will hold ten times it's weight in water and keeps it from running off in a heavy downpour.
Plus they are a by product of fossil fuels which is not a good source considering our dependency on them for industry.
The Insecticides gets into our drinking water, into the ecosystem
and back into food we eat like fish which effects our health in a big way.
Just because technology hasn't caught up with the convenience
of spreading a powder doesn't mean it can't be done. The only thing they are doing is comparing the price of organic food to
non organic food without taking anything else into consideration from an environmental perspective.
Now the farmers are realizing that their huge piles of Cow manure ARE
a source of Bio Fuel so that complicates the issue as well.
Organic food is better for the Environment which makes it better
for us in the long run. Our only salvation is the use of mushroom spores to clean the soil of toxic accumulations.
OK, rant over....
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