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at Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:31:35 GMT in
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(Lena B Katz) wrote :

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>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Alex Rast wrote:
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>> at Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:56:41 GMT in <1109869001.780053.45920
>> @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, (Neil) wrote :
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>>>> Chemistry aside, it tends to keep farmland as farmland, giving
>>>> farmers an economically-viable option to selling out to developers.
>>>
>>> ... Farmers
>>> are successful if they produce crops cheaply that the public desires.
>>> Organic production doesn't contribute much to that end.
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>> It must be said that in fact organic production contributes a great
>> deal to that end....
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>there are other alternatives. like farming _intelligently_. but, I've
>got to tell you, I think all the smart farmers have been out of the
>business for years.

What do you mean by "farming intelligently"? That's a pretty broad term and
you haven't taken any time to describe what you mean.

>will buy nutri-farmed food. if you find any, please tell me where! :-)
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AFAIK "Nutri-farmed" is a trademark of Lundberg rice referring to their
non-organic production methods (Lundberg also produces organic) The
"basmati" you mentioned elsewhere, I have to say, I don't see much value in
because authentic Indian Basmati costs no more and is far, far better in
quality (for starters, it's aged and polished). IMHO it's somewhat
questionable about whether Lundberg's product should really be called
basmati. Meanwhile they also have an organic version of the same product
available for only a trivial amount more, so no matter what your concern is
- whether quality or environmental sensitivity, there is a better choice.

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Alex Rast

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