Hi wytze,
Monday, April 10, 2000, 12:47:56 PM, you wrote:
w> Hi John, Douglas,
w> ... Douglas' remark on the richer soils and healthier soils makes
w> sense to me but is the increase in minerals than caused by the
w> combination of compost and soil micro organisms?
Well, you need the compost / humus to help breed the micro-organisms
which help make minerals accessible, but above all I would stress the
need for further research regarding these natural, symbiotic
processes. This of course requires funding. Speaking of funding:
In terms of my social conscience, I am offended the vast, wasteful,
expensive and totally needless campaign to cash in on (develop, market
and thus exploit) unique, patentable recombinant organisms designed
first and foremost to benefit their developers and pushers, who are
little better than criminals in my book.
Evidently we find ourselves in the midst of a struggle where the
natural world is being trashed (both psychologically and physically)
as unfit, just so others can substitute processes that took millions
of years to develop with others (*"theirs"*) that have more potential
to lower the quality of life as we (and all those that preceded us)
know it than to fulfill the greenback backed hype that's being spewed
out in the media.
And this is happening even before the natural process that gave rise
to life itself are fully understood.
Maybe I should go back to the states and run for president.
Or just urge that more research be done on biological systems, while a
moratorium is implemented on the further release of GMOs in
agriculture.
Douglas
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