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Re: Organic farming statistics/definitions



Dr. Lampkin, may I stick my nose in here, for a minute?

It always irritates me that people talk about organic method as one that
just "does not" do this or that,when actually it is a method in which one
DOES do all the right things to make the soil optimum for soil organisms. 

I am sure the switch to the useless term "sustainable" is due to the fact
that for so many years "organic" had such a bad taste to farmers who had
been deluded into thinking chemicals were the new, correct, modern way to
grow.

Even those who sell chemicals want their sales to be "sustained", and the
term sustainable has become attached to just about anything anyone wants
to do or sell or promote. Certainly the chemical companies want farming
with chemicals to be sustained forever, and that is why they are so ugly
about what they say regarding organic method.

I think the term "sustainable" applied to organic method is foolish. I
stick to organic, since it has a distinct meaning.

Even Robert Rodale tried to get away from the opprobium that the chemical
crowd opposers inflicted on organic method, and he tried to boost organic
method as "regenerative", and now almost everyone says "sustainable", but
is anyone willing to change IFOAM to IFSAM ???

I notice that you do not refer to my book, Organic Method Primer UPDATE,
in your listing of what you consider valuable.  Why?

B. Rateaver



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