One field will make it!

[gregpet]

Pars, thank you for making my point for me. I do not think that organically grown food is as nutritionally beneficial to people as compared to a conventionally grown crop with a higher brix level. How do you sleep at night selling that stuff LOL.

[gregpet]

Our friend Rolf makes some good points in this article;

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/18/the-future-of-wheat.aspx

[Hopperbin]

Gregpet perhaps you should make some comments on the story at the moment they are not positive to Rolf.

[Hopperbin]

Comments in the financial post that is.

[gregpet]

Come to your own conclusions I'm not goig to tell you what to think. If people want to worry about global warming (which I do not) here is an arguement for GM crops. I do not always agree with the majority, does that make me wrong? I don't care what others think, I come to my own conclusions, and I think GM crops and direct seeding using conventional methods along with biological methods yields a more nutritional food than conventional or organic.

The topic turned to profits and weeds, now we want to follow the crowd. Hopefully they don't lead you to those bright ones that are removing the lead from the used computers.

[Choice2U]

I believe that those that "eat and breathe" organic farming such as yourself are committed to the best interests of the industry and will never cut corners. My concern with those that are in it for the wrong reason (and there are many) is they will be the first to do something "illegal" and I'm not sure that organic industry monitoring would pick it up. Thus my point is how do we know organic is truly organic? Is every load tested?

Regarding the profitability of the industry, the number of farmers has dropped steadily since the 1920's because of technology changes, poor profitability, etc. This will continue to be the trend as it is also occurring in many other industries eg. larger stores, restaurant chains, oil change chains, etc....no more ma & pa operations in many traditional industries. The beauty of finding a market niche or one's own little successful angle is that it is NOT part of the "larger is better trend". Economics says that if you can build more widgets at a less cost per widget, you will be more profitable. The larger farm operations are proving this although management has to continue to stay ahead of the game.

Bottom line....invent your own rules for the farming game. If you lose, try your hand at something other than farming. Don't demand a government bailout. Government programs should be designed to help, not fix problems. For those that bring up GM...two wrongs don't make a right. If you win, congratulations and I hope to read about you on Agri-ville.

[timm]

so how do we feed 6 billion today and 10 billion by 2025 organically >>>answer the question pars

[parsley]

I do not think North American farmers have an obligation to feed anyone but themselves, tim

I look at the continent of Africa where the soil is fertile, there is land to no end, and two growing seasons. Two. And we have 60 days? And you think we have an obligation to feed the world?

No. Not in my books. There is no good reason why populations do not feed their own people.

We are able to produce more than enough food for Canadians. Anything more is an export bonus when we sell surplus novel crops to people who can afford to pay. ie canaryseed. Pars

[parsley]

lawsey, lawsey, choice2U,

If organic farmers really really really really go awry, and break all the rules, and go to hell in a handbasket, they will end up doing the same thing as

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And is that lose-sleep-over-arrestable? LOL Pars

[parsley]

I'm not sure which point I made for you, gregpet, and you probably don't either since you're just a guy, lol, but you're so damn nice, I'll let you score it up on the wall, so you can leave the house whistling in the morning. LOL Pars

[parsley]

And hopper, I agree.

Rolf's article resulted in me getting quite a few less than impressed emails. His arguments were not well received. And usually Rolf and I agree on a lot of things, but maybe he's having a 'male moment'. LOL LOL pars

[checking]

Behind the laughter and put down of "you're just a guy", and "he's having a male moment", it's obvious that your husband at least doesn't subscribe to the notion that if you don't move you can't get hurt. He apparently get's things done. How can humans be so perfect, yet so complicated. Oh! right you were speaking about women. My bad!!!!