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- From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
- Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
- Subject: Re: Organic farming economics information
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.051624.14655@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 05:16:24 GMT
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- In article <72602@cup.portal.com> CELIA_TONY_BECKER@cup.portal.com writes:
- >Dear Molly;
- >
- >Try contacting Rodale Press, the publishers of "Organic Gardening"
- >magazine. They are usually pretty up-to-date on these matters.
- >
- >Also, look at articles under the headings "pesticides" and
- >"herbicides" in your university library. Sometime last year
- >a study comparing pesticide use to organic methods in some
- >southern U.S. crops was noted in the "San Jose Mercury News."
- >The article noted the organic method was cheaper and more
- >successful. However, part of the reason for this, is that
- >modern insects have developed immunity to either many
- >pesticides, or stronger doses of them. Good luck.
- >
- >Cecilia Fabos-Becker, San Jose, CA.
-