Re: Fw: [BrixTalk] Behind the Organic-Industrial Complex

From: gil carandang (gil_carandang@HOTMAIL.COM)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 21:14:28 EDT


Obet,
I have connected with SANET. Here in Santa Cruz, California finishing
Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture.

Gil Carandang






>From: Roberto Verzola <rverzola@GN.APC.ORG>
>Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
><SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
>To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Fw: [BrixTalk] Behind the Organic-Industrial
>Complex
>Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:06:00 +0800
>
>Bob Avery? Earlier, we had Dennis, then Alex. Now, Bob? How
>many Averys are there writing about organic farming?
>
>Roberto
>
>
> > Here is an interesting article showing how even "organic" food is being
>taken over and debased
> > by agribusiness.
> >
> > http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Organic-Industrial-Complex.htm
> >
> > The whole article is interesting, but I found the following paragraph of
>particular interest to this
> > newslist:
> >
> > "Since Greenways grows the same crops conventionally and organically, I
>was interested to hear
> > John Diener, one of the farm's three partners, say he knew for a fact
>that his organic crops were
> > "better," and not only because they hadn't been doused with pesticide.
>When Diener takes his
> > tomatoes to the cannery, the organic crop reliably receives higher Brix
>scores -- a measure of
> > the sugars in fruits and vegetables. It seems that crops grown on
>nitrogen fertilizer take up
> > considerably more water, thereby diluting their nutrients, sugars and
>flavors. The same
> > biochemical process could explain why many people -- including the many
>chefs who swear by
> > organic ingredients -- believe organic produce simply tastes better.
>With less water in it, the
> > flavor and the nutrients of a floret of organic broccoli will be more
>concentrated than one grown
> > with chemical fertilizers."
> >
> > Bob Avery
> >
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> > Don't forget to visit the brix database
> > http://www.brixpage.com/dB/dBAS.asp
> >
> >
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