YES YES ! HE has regular articles in the "SMALL FARM JOURNAL"Erik Norrdell, SELLS a $10.00 instuction booflet, of his development in organic no_till. <In my opinion a pioneer,that i really want to visit. > address...Anne &Eric Nordell,3410, rt184, Trout Run,Pa. 17770.. sure hope this helps you :)sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "RH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [globalnews] Farmers Fight Global Warming with No-Till Farming
> 10/6/2002 10:08:55 AM, "RiverValley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote in response to a "No-Till" article posted by Jane: > > >I'm wondering if members of the list > >have experience using no-till in a > >small farm, market garden setting, > >particularly in mild climates like the > >pacific northwest US. What problems, > >successes have people had? What types > >of tillage and tillage tools do people > >use and prefer? > > Daniel, modern no-till involves first killing off the > vegetation with chemicals and then planting through the > stubble. For further proof of its insidious nature, I suggest > you go down in the original article a few paragraphs until you > find this sentence: > > "There are economic and environmental drawbacks to no-till, > including the fact that more pesticide is usually needed to > fight the organisms that find homes in the residue." > > The no-till scheme Jane posted is a chemical Trojan horse and I > suggest you stay away from it. I suspect she was just trying > to warn us of the danger. No-till pushers are in the category > of those who coin "war is peace" and "slavery is freedom" > doublespeak phrases. > > The half-inch of woody waste that no-till chemical shills brag > about amounts to dip-squat when measured against the 5%-10% > soil organic matter that good farming practice can achieve with > consistent cover crop plowdown and proper soil > remineralization. > > Having said all that, I'll add that there is one Pennsylvania > farmer who has perfected a no-till system involving a huge > flattening roller that he crushes his cover crops with. He > then plants through the residue. As far as I know, he uses no > toxic chemicals. I believe Rodale made a video of his tomato > operations. > > Regards, > Rex Harrill > > > >
