> I am interested in information about organically growing peaches for
> market in the South Carolina.
> Does anyone have experience or references that I might draw from?
Yes, it is all there in...
Organic/Low-Spray Peach Production
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/peach.html
A complementary publication that accompanies the peach
material is...
Overview of Organic Fruit Production
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/fruitover.html
We have an orchardist here in Arkansas who's put in 7 acres of
peaches with plans to be organic. With all the new products and
ideas floating around in organic agriculture, his chances are
better now than ever. Yet, he will still be swimming uphill
compared to a cousin raising organic peaches out in the dry
climates.
Read my Sanet archive post on October 5, 1999 regarding brown rot
and the difference between organic peach production in the Humid East
and the Arid West.
The statistics on where organic fruit production acreage exists tells
the whole story, namely that it is overwhelmingly taking place in
California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and other Western
states.
Steve Diver
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