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Why Do I Eat Organic??
Sewage Sludge for Fertilizer
Sewage sludge is an end product of the wastewater treatment process and is spread on agriculture fields to enhance the growth of crops. Sewage sludge can contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals that can not only adversely affect crops, but can leach into the water supply detrimentally affecting water quality
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Sewage sludge is an end product of the wastewater treatment process and is spread on agriculture fields to enhance the growth of crops. Sewage sludge can contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals that can not only adversely affect crops, but can leach into the water supply detrimentally affecting water quality
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it is called milorganite, been used for a long time and also helps deter deer from eating the crops.
Speaking of organic, I have a new garden, a big garden, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, green beans, zukes, corn, leeks, parsnips, green peppers, hot peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, eggplant, cukes, beets, watermelon, pumpkins and we aren't done yet.
no milorganite just well aged horse s.hit and leaf mulch & an electric fence to keep the deer out. deer fence on the lower end of the posts for the ground hogs and rabbits.
Fresh chicken eggs from my coop, and a half of a cow (grass fed locally, no hormones) to pick up in 3 weeks, butchered & wrapped.
That is my version of organic but I will admit that I am not adverse to some seven dust if needed. Too much work for the bugs to destroy.
Oh, the grape vines & black berry bushes are mature this year too, yum, yum jelly with no preservatives.
Farmer Denise
Speaking of organic, I have a new garden, a big garden, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, green beans, zukes, corn, leeks, parsnips, green peppers, hot peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, eggplant, cukes, beets, watermelon, pumpkins and we aren't done yet.
no milorganite just well aged horse s.hit and leaf mulch & an electric fence to keep the deer out. deer fence on the lower end of the posts for the ground hogs and rabbits.
Fresh chicken eggs from my coop, and a half of a cow (grass fed locally, no hormones) to pick up in 3 weeks, butchered & wrapped.
That is my version of organic but I will admit that I am not adverse to some seven dust if needed. Too much work for the bugs to destroy.
Oh, the grape vines & black berry bushes are mature this year too, yum, yum jelly with no preservatives.
Farmer Denise
Gotta say, I'm with you on this Denise. I compost from my juicer for fertilizer. Just wish I had planted more variety this year...we're getting sick of tomatoes, lol!
IVE READ SOMEWHERE THAT the trunk of apple trees filter out the impurties from the water before it gets into the fruit....maybe this happens with all plants ...most plants have a wooeden texture stack to them...any way you look at it...eating organic is better
Organic compounds are those which contain carbon. (Look it up.)
A molecule of DDT contains 14 atoms of carbon, 9 of hydrogen, and 5 of chlorine.
I know what you mean by "organic".
You know what you mean by "organic".
Be sure the people you're buying your food from know what you mean.
A molecule of DDT contains 14 atoms of carbon, 9 of hydrogen, and 5 of chlorine.
I know what you mean by "organic".
You know what you mean by "organic".
Be sure the people you're buying your food from know what you mean.
Basically,All organic really means is its not sprayed with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers are not used..if i can avoid those two...im pretty much taken care of problem...did you know that pesticides are oderless,tatseless and penetrate the flesh of an apple...right to the core...cycinide is also tasteless and oderless..
having worked w cyanide for 30 years ,sorry to say ,it isnt oderless or tasteless .but will kill you before you lick your lips
~~~Be sure the people you're buying your food from know what you mean.
That's the thing....just because they say it is organic, doesn't mean it is. I don't trust them very much.
That's the thing....just because they say it is organic, doesn't mean it is. I don't trust them very much.
Sewage Sludge has several different grades of processing. The sludge that's processed to the degree that it is allowed to spread on pasture is one of the higher grades. Sludge processed to the point that it can be used on consumables for humans is the most extensively processed and tested.
A plant's ability to filter out a water contaminant is highly dependant on which contaminant. On vacant lots where old lead-paint houses used to be, the remedy is to grow greens because they are so excellent at taking up lead. The hard part is removing and throwing away the crop without eating it.
Fertilizer ain't nothing. No matter its source, it all breaks down in soil water and only its basic components are absorbed by the plant roots.
The only food issue that I pay attention to is food imported from beyond US and Canadian borders. We have very strict regulations about pesticide use on food products. Many of the chemicals that we have banned for safety issues are still being used in 3rd world countries (Mexico and S. America). In the US, the last political administration greatly cut the budget of the USDA so that very, very little of the produce coming over the border is tested. US govt. is in the process of developing a Food Safety department that will restore safety inspections of imports and domestic crops. When that finally gets going I may stop eating only US seasonal food and go back to buying those gorgeous Chilean grapes again.
A plant's ability to filter out a water contaminant is highly dependant on which contaminant. On vacant lots where old lead-paint houses used to be, the remedy is to grow greens because they are so excellent at taking up lead. The hard part is removing and throwing away the crop without eating it.
Fertilizer ain't nothing. No matter its source, it all breaks down in soil water and only its basic components are absorbed by the plant roots.
The only food issue that I pay attention to is food imported from beyond US and Canadian borders. We have very strict regulations about pesticide use on food products. Many of the chemicals that we have banned for safety issues are still being used in 3rd world countries (Mexico and S. America). In the US, the last political administration greatly cut the budget of the USDA so that very, very little of the produce coming over the border is tested. US govt. is in the process of developing a Food Safety department that will restore safety inspections of imports and domestic crops. When that finally gets going I may stop eating only US seasonal food and go back to buying those gorgeous Chilean grapes again.
"Fertilizer ain't nothing. No matter its source, it all breaks down in soil water and only its basic components are absorbed by the plant roots. "
The problem with commercial (chemical) fertilizers as I see it is that they are incomplete. There may be a bazillion micronutrients that the plants can uptake when grown in a complex organic environment. We don't see it because the same plants appear to thrive in a simple N-K-P enviroment.
I read somewhare that the broccoli, etc. produced on comercial farms is missing all kinds of stuff that was present say back in the 1940's before we got so 'smart' about chemically replenishing soils.
I do like the idea of rated sewer slludge though. I might start a website: ratemypoosludge.com.
The problem with commercial (chemical) fertilizers as I see it is that they are incomplete. There may be a bazillion micronutrients that the plants can uptake when grown in a complex organic environment. We don't see it because the same plants appear to thrive in a simple N-K-P enviroment.
I read somewhare that the broccoli, etc. produced on comercial farms is missing all kinds of stuff that was present say back in the 1940's before we got so 'smart' about chemically replenishing soils.
I do like the idea of rated sewer slludge though. I might start a website: ratemypoosludge.com.
I use poo in my garden, horse poo aged at least a year and turned over with leaves and some grass clippings. Great natural fertilizer
The soil generally contains micronutrrients. If grown in a soil-less medium, the micros are added. Works great with hydroponic greenhouse crops.
What you are actually referring to is the downside of the Green Revolution. By breeding more productive crops and careful management of fertility and pesticides, American farms outproduced everyone on earth, producing yields many times larger than the norm at the time. The down part is that the soil came to be viewed as a substrate, just a physical support. We have wised back up now and except for the largest factory farmers, soil is managed much more sustainably now, with a lot of attention to soil microorganisms and organic matter to feed those organisms. We actually need another Green Revolution. We are no longer capable of producing enough food for our country and import large quantities. We have given over our most productive farmland to development and the major fruit and vegetable producing states, FL and CA are running out of water. Sorry. Putting the soapbox back in the closet now.
What you are actually referring to is the downside of the Green Revolution. By breeding more productive crops and careful management of fertility and pesticides, American farms outproduced everyone on earth, producing yields many times larger than the norm at the time. The down part is that the soil came to be viewed as a substrate, just a physical support. We have wised back up now and except for the largest factory farmers, soil is managed much more sustainably now, with a lot of attention to soil microorganisms and organic matter to feed those organisms. We actually need another Green Revolution. We are no longer capable of producing enough food for our country and import large quantities. We have given over our most productive farmland to development and the major fruit and vegetable producing states, FL and CA are running out of water. Sorry. Putting the soapbox back in the closet now.
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