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Originally Posted by Tx_Crinum
And this brings me back full circle to my first post on this thread: Subsistence farming versus commercial production or choosing between living in a third work country or a modern industrialized society. Without all the evils of 'synthetic fertilizers' our standard of living as we know it today would be impossible. Each household would be required to expend a significant amount of their energy just to survive on a day to day basis and forgo many of our modern conveniences. If you own a car, enjoy an air conditioned home, buy your clothes at Target and keep you food fresh in a refrigerator, you are directly benefiting from the use of the evil synthetic fertilizers.
My problem is not about using or not using organic/inorganic production methods and pesticides. MY PROBLEM is with the clueless hypocrites who have found religion through organics and have no idea they should be thanking technology in agriculture on a daily basis for every modern convenience they use on a daily basis. What if Einstein, Ford and the Wright brothers had to spend every day working their own garden just to survive on a daily basis rather than have time to create their inventions. Well we would be using oil lamps, the whales would be extinct*, and we would be riding horses.
* If you think whales are an endangered today, do some research on the kerosene lamp. Prior to the advent of kerosene and kerosene lamp, the fuel of choice was whale oil. The change over from an organic source of oil to a 'synthetic' source exponentially reduced the systematic killing of these creatures.
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TX, I have never to my knowledge disagreed that "conventional" growing methods are, required to feed the worlds population. I simply don't condone it in my garden. There is just no reason for the addition of chemical ferts or pesticides in a garden that flourishes using organic growing methods. As a byproduct I give less of my hard earned money to multinational corporations like Monsanto and more to local farmers who grow the food I like eat and produce the compost my plants like. The organic free range chickens I buy from a local farmer are the best I've ever tasted and produce organic chicken manure. Win win. I also avoid GMO's by buying organic.
Btw, take at easy with all that bold text, Richard may become skeptical of your writings.