Someone needs to come up with an alternative and get the powers that be to believe in it!! ;-) One might also get grants and subsidies as a side benefit also ....
James Slayden On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Keith Addison wrote: > >Hmm, forgot about the oil content, Sheesh, one man's trash is another's > >treasure .... > > Yes! Now how do we put a stop to the downright silly intermediate > step of trashing it in the first place? > > Keith > > > > >On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > >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 Ò 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > 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/
