>This issue of incentives for innovation is a good topic to explore. 30%
>sounds high to me. There are a host of factors, however, in addition to
>money. Sometimes cultural resistance to "wierd new methods" is strong
>enough to counteract even highly profitable innovations. Sometimes the
>inclination to be an "early adopter" leads a former chemical junkie to be
>the first to adopt IPM or other "sustainable" BMPs. What's the research
>say? Hal
>
>Hal Hamilton
>Center for Sustainable Systems
>433 Chestnut St., Berea KY 40403 USA
>Phone: (606) 986-5336; Fax: (606) 986-1299
>hhamilton@centerss.org
>
Reading this thread and having read the Consumer's Unions report on the
peticides in food I got wondering, conventinal farmers expose themselves to
high amounts of chemicals the spraying and living close to the fields etc.
I would suspect there is a high incidence of illness ie cancer in the
farming (large) sector. Is this so? Would/could this contribute, has it
contributed to a change to more sustainable growing? Beth
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