Interesting that they are just burying the infested fruit??  Why not turn
it in to ethanol.  Truely is a a shame ....


James Slayden

BTW murdoch, you have any contacts in the avocado industry??  ;-)

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, murdoch wrote:

> 
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20021205-9999_1mc5spin.html
> 
> VALLEY CENTER – Organic growers inside the expected quarantine area
> here will be able to fight the Mexican fruit fly with a new variety of
> a special insecticide, state officials said yesterday.
> 
> The news was great relief to organic farmers who didn't know how they
> would be able to keep their certified-organic status while battling
> the destructive fly.
> 
> "There's been this fear out there that was not going to happen, but
> that is really good news," said Jerome Stehly, chairman of the
> California Avocado Commission who owns a grove where the flies and
> larvae were found.
> 
> "There's a lot of growers in Valley Center who are organic," said
> Stehly, who also owns 10 acres of organically grown avocados near
> Interstate 15. "It gives them an option so they can take their fruit
> to market."
> 
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20021206-9999_1mi6mexfly.html
> 
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1mi1fly.html
> 
> Organic growers are allowed to use a pesticide called spinosad, but it
> currently is unavailable because of an oversight by state officials
> who did not renew its annual registration.
> 
> "That was criminally negligent," Al Stehly said. "Now we have one
> choice and that's malathion."
> 
> 
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