[Terrapreta] No till faming

[Michael Bailes]

You are obviously very concerned about this, but what does it have to do
with TP or char amended soils?

I doubt very much that Glyphosate will ever be banned when now, 2/3 of the
planet are using DDT again and we know what that does. Glyphosate does not
have the rap sheet of chlorinated hydrocarbons(DDT DDE Dieldrin Toxaphene
etc etc) or organo-phosphates..

There seems to be little research done on Glyphosate, that shows
bio-accumulation or *too many *other adverse effects.
That done a few years ago on how it killed frogs was side-stepped by
Monsanto by adding a different surfactant and promoting the new Roundup
Biactive as a safe alternative.
I have seen one research paper since saying it didn't kill four varieties of
Australian Frogs, but you would need to be on Monsanto's case full time to
see what is really happening.

Personally I think making a food plant resistant to a weedicide you sell and
then selling both is immoral.
I think there is some justification for GM crops if they help feed people ,
but this is an obvious, amoral, money-making, corporate play/ploy.

I would love to see TP stay true to its roots and stay organic; but it is a
big world out there and I can't shoot all the people I'd like to :).
Michael

2008/5/24 Nikolaus Foidl <nfoidl at desa.com.bo>:

>  Dear Michael!
>
> That is exactly the perversion of 0-tillage. It started 30 or more years
> ago with the intention to escape the high costs of mechanical weeding
> Please people, once in your live, get real. Lets speak charcoal meanwhile
> Monsanto or Pioneer does not sell or promote it.
>
> I rest my case
> Nikolaus
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> On 5/24/08 7:37 AM, "Michael Bailes" <michaelangelica at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The CSIRO seems very keen about it here and is promoting it both here and
> in SE Asia.
> They say it helps increase soil micro-organisms and enhances plant growth
> due to better biological activity. Some plant diseases are prevented.
>
> Does it have to always include weedicides?
> I note that even the CSIRO is talking about plant weedicide resistance.
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because they don't realise they are The Problem.".
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