[compost_tea] Re: Adding non-organic parts to compost for tea?
Hi Stephen,
My thinking was that the pesticides, etc, stayed in the skin and that is wh=
y we didn't eat it, but I was worried that the skin, which we did not eat, =
was going into the compost, and might do harm there.
There are a lot of people with PhD's and advanced knowledge about microbiol=
ogy on this list, which I don't have, and that is why I'm asking.
John S
PDX, OR
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
>
> John;
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> 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 t=
his
> 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 wis=
ely
> 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
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> 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?
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> My son today asked me, "Dad, if we don't eat the peel of the mango becaus=
e
> it was grown in Mexico and probably has pesticides in it, should we reall=
y
> 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
>
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