gardenbetty@earthlink.net wrote:
> ...Up until roughly the 1940s we grew all our food without
> synthetic chemicals and had agricultural productivity equal to or greater than
> we currently have. Crop losses due to insects have only increased since we
> started using pesticides. .... The use of agrichemicals (and
> other chemicals of other types) and the corresponding exponential rise in
> cancer have occurred in only the past 50-60 years. We did fine without
> chemicals for millennia.
The basis of the current problem is certainly not technological.
> Is it too late to reverse the trend?
> dawn
> garden resources of washington
Regarding "reversing the trend":. To what extent are vested economic and
political interests responsible for the "trend". (If the will is there, the way
won't be lacking). And to what extent are those interests going to be tolerated by
the rest of humanity? In any case, the trend is by definition "unsustainable".
So why procrastinate? Seize the reins.
DH
--Douglas M. Hinds Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural A.C. (CeDeCoR) (Center for Community and Rural Development) - (non profit) Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 MEXICO e-mail: cedecor@ipnet.com.mx, dmhinds@acnet.net, dhinds@ucol.mx
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gardenbetty@earthlink.net wrote:
...Up until roughly the 1940s we grew all our food withoutThe basis of the current problem is certainly not technological.
synthetic chemicals and had agricultural productivity equal to or greater than
we currently have. Crop losses due to insects have only increased since we
started using pesticides. .... The use of agrichemicals (and
other chemicals of other types) and the corresponding exponential rise in
cancer have occurred in only the past 50-60 years. We did fine without
chemicals for millennia.Is it too late to reverse the trend?dawnRegarding "reversing the trend":. To what extent are vested economic and political interests responsible for the "trend". (If the will is there, the way won't be lacking). And to what extent are those interests going to be tolerated by the rest of humanity? In any case, the trend is by definition "unsustainable". So why procrastinate? Seize the reins.
garden resources of washingtonDH
--
Douglas M. Hinds
Centro para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Rural A.C. (CeDeCoR)
(Center for Community and Rural Development) - (non profit)
Cd. Guzman, Jalisco 49000 MEXICO
e-mail: cedecor@ipnet.com.mx, dmhinds@acnet.net, dhinds@ucol.mx
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