perchie.girl :
Very very interesting thread I must say. Learning bunches keeping my opinions to myself....LOL...
what fun is that?
Interesting thought that if an organic producer wants to be organic that it is his responsibility to do it where contamination is not a threat. Something commercial ag has had to do since the beginning. In hybrid corn, seed acres are no where near popcorn acres and if near commercial corn, there is a buffer zone to stop cross pollination. I've known in past where they used to pay the near by farmers for planting soybeans near their seed fields of corn.
Crops that are self pollinators--alfalfa, soybeans, cannola, wheat, have very little danger if a buffer strip is used or isn't used. In the case of soybeans, responsible growers don't even keep for seed the first 60' around the field.
I find interesting all the health claims on this thread, but yet none of the medical community/health community can support this. I'm not stating that some aren't helped, but if it was as clear cut as some say it is, it would be out there just like aspirin is for head aches.
Very very interesting thread I must say. Learning bunches keeping my opinions to myself....LOL...
what fun is that?
Interesting thought that if an organic producer wants to be organic that it is his responsibility to do it where contamination is not a threat. Something commercial ag has had to do since the beginning. In hybrid corn, seed acres are no where near popcorn acres and if near commercial corn, there is a buffer zone to stop cross pollination. I've known in past where they used to pay the near by farmers for planting soybeans near their seed fields of corn.
Crops that are self pollinators--alfalfa, soybeans, cannola, wheat, have very little danger if a buffer strip is used or isn't used. In the case of soybeans, responsible growers don't even keep for seed the first 60' around the field.
I find interesting all the health claims on this thread, but yet none of the medical community/health community can support this. I'm not stating that some aren't helped, but if it was as clear cut as some say it is, it would be out there just like aspirin is for head aches.