Steve,
How did you access the Couch stuff/ I've tried everything I know how and keep
getting an error message from ListBot. Can you put a link on sanet that you
used?
Alex
Steve Diver wrote:
> After reading Diane's reaction I went to look at the stuff by
> Gordon Couch. I couldn't believe someone associated with a
> land-grant university would write such garbage.
>
> That post from Gordon Couger says a lot about the fear some
> agriculture workers and farmers have about organics.
>
> Gordon Couger used to post her on Sanet but then he went to start his
> own email list for "practical" agriculture.
>
> I think the best thing Gordon can do is get off his butt and
> go attend an organic farming conference, especially one that
> includes a very nice farm tour like the Eco-Farming conference
> in Asilomar. But there are a dozen good conferences throughout
> the Midwest, Northeast, Carolinas, etc. It could be a real eye
> opener for Gordon, a very rich learning experience.
>
> Really though, it is not too different from Larry London the
> organic farmer bashing Steve Groff the no-till farmer here on
> Sanet.
>
> Most of the small farms here in the Ozarks are not organic.
> However, these small farmers who are struggling tooth and nail to
> survive these very tough economic times have more in common with
> sustainable agriculture than they do with conventional agriculture.
> Conventional ag is harder to define any more.
>
> All of this gnashing and bashing is a classic example of one group
> reacting against another group instead of addressing the larger
> forces that degrage all human beings, namely corporations and
> government systems that allow exploitation of peoples, towns, and
> small businesses.
>
> I will be writing Gordon a note to let him know about opportunities
> that exist to go learn about organics. Probably he's read too much
> Dennis Avery.
>
> Steve Diver
>
>
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