John;
If you're an organic guy, why are you not eating an organic mango? Why do
you worry so much about your compost and so little about your son? Does this
not seem irrational to you too?
My personal policy is to try and ingest as few chemicals as reasonable
within the modern agricultural setup. I hope producers are aware of
withholding periods on chemicals and that the stores I buy from have
reasonable policies in this regard. As a producer, I use chemicals as wisely
as I know how, and try and limit their inclusion in my products. I don't
worry so much about air miles and carbon credits in the products I buy. I am
aware though that some people worry about this, about plastics and their
effects in the food cycle, about soaps and detergents we use etc.
SS
From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of skyjs
Sent: 21 June 2011 07:34
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Adding non-organic parts to compost for tea?
My son today asked me, "Dad, if we don't eat the peel of the mango because
it was grown in Mexico and probably has pesticides in it, should we really
put it in the compost?"
I am now having second thoughts myself. Does anyone have a reasonable way of
thinking about this?
Thansk
John S
PDX OR
Received on Tue Jun 21 2011 - 06:00:19 EDT