Organic farming success
Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms, but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds
“Organic farming approaches for these crops not only use an average of 30 percent less fossil energy but also conserve more water in the soil, induce less erosion, maintain soil quality and conserve more biological resources than conventional farming does,”
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30% less energy is a huge saving when profits on farms today are pennies on the dollar.
Bet this study didn’t come from a government agency. Not a lot of profit in organic supplies. 😉
Israeli Research: Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Visual Damage
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I’ll be using my ear set more often now. Wonder what the safe distance is?
New Scientist Breaking News – Planting trees may create deserts
The report summarises studies commissioned over the past four years by the Forestry Research Programme, funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development.
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I have my doubts about the accuracy of this report. It sounds more like something the US gov would be spewing out.
Update:
I just reread this piece and I’d have to see the entire study. There at the end the one guy says that cutting all the trees only causes a little decrease in rain fall. But what about the air temperature of the area. Does it go up or down when the trees are cut? What about the temp of the ground. Again, up or down? Birds, animals? Insects, and lower life forms? What does it do to the wind patterns. And what does it do to erosion patterns in an area when clear cutting is involved. There are so many variables that while they may be honest in reaching their conclusions I suspect that they chosen their figures to make this piece of toilet paper sound the way the powers that be want it to sound.
Or I could just be in a foul mood… But I have lived with the effects of clear cutting an area and the decrease in water and increase in erosion…
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