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- Subject: Re: Organic farming economics information
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:55:05 PST
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- Dear Molly;
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- Try contacting Rodale Press, the publishers of "Organic Gardening"
- magazine. They are usually pretty up-to-date on these matters.
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- Also, look at articles under the headings "pesticides" and
- "herbicides" in your university library. Sometime last year
- a study comparing pesticide use to organic methods in some
- southern U.S. crops was noted in the "San Jose Mercury News."
- The article noted the organic method was cheaper and more
- successful. However, part of the reason for this, is that
- modern insects have developed immunity to either many
- pesticides, or stronger doses of them. Good luck.
-
- Cecilia Fabos-Becker, San Jose, CA.
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