In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tim
Arheit <[log in to unmask]> writes
>The standard is virtually impossible to meet and completely unreasonable in
>my opinion.
This is the tragedy of free enterprise reducing others' freedoms. Why do
we proclaim democratic freedoms so loudly whilst they are being eroded
by the prevailing agricultural and industrial paradigm based on
exploitation? I do my best to grow and eat organic food, but can only
hope my bees are foraging where there is minimal spraying. Alas, they
can be drenched by fungicides (as they fly through the daffodil fields)
which contain a so-called inert substance which wets them horribly. I
have to disagree about the "unreasonable" - regrettably the 2 freedoms
are incompatible, which is why I and many others are opposed to, for
example, transgenic crops. It seems reasonable to claim that bees
produce honey from GM free plants and if we have to keep 6 miles from
every field, quite soon, with a smattering of approved acres, each
centre taking over 100 sq miles out of honey production, then soon we
won't be able to do this. We trade individual freedom for global
business freedom.

Interesting that a Malaysian state banned insecticides because of a
resistant insect which became dominant and then crop yields rocketed.
And they discovered that the reason insect levels went down considerably
as well was because spiders made a come-back! We must rethink our values
IMHO.
--
James Kilty

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