Global starvation imminent ?

[parsley]

I was told by a scientist that simp;y spraying liquid sugar on a crop will kill the bugs. They cannot digest mere sugar and they die.

I think there are probably various ways to cope with insects and weeds if we are smart enuff to open our eyes to other ways instead of automattically spraying although I'm the first to admit learning something new is annoying at times as well as time consuming.

In answer to your question. Both.

Organics' buyers have been very clear about what they want, and they put their money where their mouth is so who am I to tell them what color to paint their house?

Research shows....would you believe anything you want it to say? Pay the man his money and your words will come out of his mouth.

Such is the state of today's learned science.

It lacks morals. IMHO.

Look at the world around you. Put your finger on the pulse of the top ills in your community and family. Make your own diagnosis, if you are not accustomed to lying to yourself, that is.

Chances are we will all come up with the same top three or so.

And then ask yourself , as a farmer, are you, or is there a chance you could be, either causing or adding to the ill you have identified?

At least, it's a sound beginning.

[bduke]

Parsley... I think my top three are:

1) Stress

2) Cigarettes

3) Saturated fats

The next three:

4) Lack of exercise

5) Accidents

6) Mexican holidays

Bill

[Hopperbin]

Parsley? What do you produce and sell?

[sumdumguy]

My husband and I have visited Parsley's farm, etc. and we will not forget the experience. Parsley and her husband have awesome imaginations and have coupled their ideas with tireless innovation and hard-hard work. They have scaled their way up the value-chain with poise. Wow- Parsley-you've got jam ! And, Parsley shares. And Parsley still has time for Agri-Ville.

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Good list of bad ills Bill. Top three - genetics - like relatives, they can't be picked, but I'll let companies like Monsanto work on that. Second - prevailing winds - I think the fall out patterns of the above ground tests of post WW11 have much to do with SE Sask health. Third - relates to your mentioned stress - it could be nearly eliminated if outside interference would leave us alone, all the way from meddling government agencies to ........

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Oh! Sumdumguy, what venture exchange are the shares listed under. (lol)

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You make an excellent point Bill that each succeeding generation of our well fed children have gotten taller, stronger, and faster from the plentifulness of what is now conventional food. Some admittedly have overdone it with the weight gain without the equivalent conversion of fat to muscle through putting their bodies to work. Yet, I was wondering how many of those highly educated organic eaters, not the super model physique plant eater types who would pass away in the first week of a food shortage, follow the trend of the rest of society and become (organic) couch potatoes. Secondly, I was also wondering if we stranded an organic group on a conventional supplied island, how many of them would eat the food over a self imposed death by starvation? A relatively quick death by starvation compared to eating what most of us consume, and in the midst of plenty would show a level of conviction to their ism. Would many of them worry about some ill that might arise twenty years down the road from eating what was available at the time? You have a more polite way of asking if this is really just a modern day fad that will become like finding the occasional throw back hippy and disco dancer that we have now. I think if you peeled it away, these are the same people who over spend on a purse because they are buying a name in perception that it represents quality. "Fickle" is the perfect word. I further believe that time will tell if there is a saturation point to organics that will tip over and recede. In the meantime, I hope the producer makes a bundle.

[parsley]

"over spend on a purse"??? Really.

Tell me checking, is your wife wearing a diamond "rock"? LOL

[parsley]

Fickle. Or did you buy her a crackerjack ring? LOL

Sorry for not being able to rply, but am with a full plate theses days. pars