Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?

2011-03-14 Thread Jerome Frecon
Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World? Thanks for the article Dave. The main fallacy in it's undocumented and biased assertion (same as Rodale's political advocacy approach) is extrapolating apples to oranges. Comparing US certified production to anything gives

Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?

2011-03-14 Thread Arthur Kelly
...@virtualorchard.net] *On Behalf Of *Bill Sciarappa *Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2011 3:57 PM *To:* 'Dave Schmitt'; 'Apple-crop discussion list'; agst...@aesop.rutgers.edu; agfacu...@aesop.rutgers.edu *Subject:* Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World? Thanks for the article Dave. The main

Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?

2011-03-13 Thread Bill Shoemaker
rare these days. Bill Original message Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:56:50 -0500 From: Bill Sciarappa sciara...@njaes.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World? To: 'Dave Schmitt' schm...@aesop.rutgers.edu, 'Apple-crop discussion list' apple-crop

Re: [apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?

2011-03-13 Thread Richard Lehnert
It is amusing how everyone skirts the real issue: Where are you going to get 100 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer every year without using the Haber-Bosch process? Grow a billion acres of legume cover crops? On Mar 11, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Dave Schmitt wrote: Interesting piece in Slate:

[apple-crop] Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World?

2011-03-11 Thread Dave Schmitt
Interesting piece in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2287746/ -- attachment: Schmitt.vcf___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop