Hey cricket, do you ever wonder if we speak different but very similarily written languages? I just ask because I did not say, let alone evoke conviction that organic will help save the world. For the third time I said I think organic is struggling to make a comeback in time to help save the world. Let me put this another way, I hope Organic sustainable agriculture can help to save the world. I think that Organic is struggling in it's efforts at least in part because of the lobbying and
PR of the companies who are making so much money from the status quo. And I think that the comeback I'm referring to is a move from basically unsustainable practices of the past.
Good article from the New York Times
Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles - New York Times
It should be remembered that prices for all foods have risen recently as the article states, more than organic in some cases. People will be having to make choices. I hope that part of the reasoning in those choices has a view to sustainability.
All of your excellent articles on tillage are valid discussions of various types of farming using tillage. None suggest that this is excessive. Given the condition of the soil and the care with which it is done, soil health may be improved rather than depleted. As well, in the earlier standards I linked, it states that one of the objectives of organic farming is to perform the minimum tillage required.
And thank you for your links to the various organic growers and consumers associations. I was unable to open the first one as my computer said it didn't look safe, if anyone else has that problem please let us know. The other three were great though and the "tactics" they're using that you suggest are counter dialogue, look pretty mild compared to the lobbying, and legal actions, and advertising of the GM industry.
I was very interested in the border requirements being suggested by DEFRA in Britain, and the organic soil associations comments that they seem inadequate. Thankyou