>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?? ;-)
Hi James Ethanol and biodiesel - there's a lot of oil in that fruit, 282 gallons an acre, it says here. Or at least compost it - good composting in the orchards would reduce pest attack anyway. Or even eliminate it. Best Keith >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_1mi6mexfl >y.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." Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
