tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613614976474033091.post479458984416955422..comments2023-10-31T08:25:12.385-06:00Comments on Swords Into Plows: the basic premise of organicFort Fasnachthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516481623218037083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613614976474033091.post-63513062311003791502011-11-03T05:39:26.977-06:002011-11-03T05:39:26.977-06:00I posted a link to you. Hope you don't mind.I posted a link to you. Hope you don't mind.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613614976474033091.post-25261181215729288262011-11-03T05:17:51.619-06:002011-11-03T05:17:51.619-06:00Excellent post. Our family farm is certified organ...Excellent post. Our family farm is certified organic and has been for twelve years. The problem with organic is that it is labor intensive and impossible for the big corporate guys to do on a giant scale so they keep trying to get the standards lowered so they can play too. <br /><br />The other big problem is the GMO fiasco being forced upon us by Monsanto. The world can be fed without these frankenfoods, but they would have us believe otherwise. GMO to me is scarier than chemicals. There has been little to no testing on genetically altered crops but the wild animals avoid them, so why should we embrace them? Why aren't we entitled to labeling that advises us if there are GMO products in the cereal? Fact of the matter is that 90pct of all corn and soybeans in this country are now GMO. If it isn't labeled organic, you better assume there are GMOs in the box.<br /><br />It amazes me that people buy Roundup to kill the weeds around their sidewalks and trees and mailboxes,let alone entire fields of beans and corn. This stuff will kill you. People spray fertilizers and weedkillers on their lawns and then send the dog and kiddies out to play. We bemoan breast cancer and call for a cure but nobody wants to talk about the cause.<br /><br />I use vinegar, just like my grandma. I use laundry soap with no sulfates or petroleum solvents. It does a wonderful job and doesn't linger in the creek bed doing dirty work like conventional laundry soap. We recyle and reuse, but I'm sure there is much more we can and should do.<br /><br />We need more bloggers like you pointing out these simple facts. Thank you!!Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613614976474033091.post-74332547224661399692011-11-02T12:48:36.145-06:002011-11-02T12:48:36.145-06:00I use vinegar for cleaning everything, too! People...I use vinegar for cleaning everything, too! People around me are always shocked at this, since they've been conditioned to think everything needs to be disinfected by various man-made, chemical-laced products in order to be truly clean. Yet, I don't think all chemicals are bad--the invention of soap and antibiotics did give us a huge benefit in fighting infections--it's the overuse/abuse of these things that's bad. And there are certainly organic, natural componds that are also harmful or poisonous (to us, anyway). That being said, I think the real issue is that we've gotten far away from the basic intention of the organic movement--there are now companies feeding confined cows organic grain and selling us their "organic" milk, but I would hardly call this "natural." <br /><br />Thanks for the thought-provoking post! Looking forward to part 2. -JaimeNgo Family Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484243776589015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613614976474033091.post-77120350427196034522011-11-02T11:18:00.750-06:002011-11-02T11:18:00.750-06:00I could not agree more! It bothers me that I have ...I could not agree more! It bothers me that I have to explain my personal choices at all, but far worse when people argue that chemicals are good things and natural is bad. Sorry, I think if we were intended to live in a chemically induced, sterile environment, God would have made it so from the beginning. Why wait until the world is nearing it's end to implement this "perfect solution". That is on a very long list of things I do not understand about people.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214278595063165062noreply@blogger.com