Hi Steve,
Plowing and tilling is very much frowned upon in our organic standards.
On the other hand, I don't know of a single chemical (that's what you mean
when you say conventional I take it) no-tiller in the whole of Ireland.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Groff <sgroff@epix.net>
To: Mike Miller <mmiller@pcsia.com>
Cc: <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Carbon Sequestration - The organic way
>
>
> Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > >From http://ens.lycos.com/ens/apr2000/2000L-04-25-09.html
> >
> > If adopted without the increased use of herbicides that chemical no-till
> > implies, (maybe by using some of Greg's method of no till with rye where
> > applicable) this really could be a win-win as Dr. Bloomfield suggests.
I
> > wonder if farmers will ever be allowed to offer fee based carbon
> > sequestration services to power plant owner? ;>)
> > Mike Miller
>
> Not only can no-till be adopted without an increase use of herbicides, it
can
> be done with greatly reduced herbicides. Check my website:
> http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/ for details. There are even some organic
> growers who have successfully utilized no-till in a good portion of their
> operation. With regard to carbon seqestration, no-till is the best
strategy of
> any given system to hold carbon in the soil. Of course grazers and pasture
> producers are automatically doing this. As far as organic agronomic and
> vegetable crops go, there is much to be desired as they destroy oganic
matter
> (carbon) by tilling. An organic system that has reduced or no-tillage is
doing
> a great job of carbon sequestration. However, organic agriculture as a
whole in
> agronmic and veggie crops is doing a worse job at carbon sequeatration
then you
> avg. conventional no-tiller.
>
> --
> Steve Groff
>
> "Enhancing the Environment" http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/
> Cedar Meadow Farm
> 679 Hilldale Road
> Holtwood, PA 17532 USA
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