[ripthedrift]

for me its a simple no brainer ... its not the fact that growing organically makes it better for you ... but what is often over looked is our moral obligation to grow in a sustainable manner ....... to take care of our environment and the animals and plants we are lucky enough to have around us ..... we should take care of everything we do to the best of our intentions .... no need for all these stamps and endorsements of the various body's and powers that be .......they over complicate it so much for the average Joe blog
that we end up not knowing where to turn next .......

if you love what you do and truly take care of your impact on the environment then thats good enough for me .... we are organic ...


riptd B)

[Arnold Layne]

For me, it's all about reducing my "Footprint".

[podgy]

Arnold Layne, on Jun 9 2009, 10:40 AM, said:

For me, it's all about reducing my "Footprint".

Kinda feel now that this is the bigger picture that get's overlooked by most folks... They see organic on a pakage of miracle grow and think they're doing the world a service or something along those lines....

[DubScience]

basically, (for vegetables) 'grown in soil, without the use of artificial fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides'

i dont like how the word organic has been hi-jacked by various companies and organisations. you can get 'organic' salt nowadays for fucks sake

This post has been edited by DubScience: 26 June 2009 - 10:16 PM

[LK_IRL]

Arnold Layne, on Jun 9 2009, 03:40 PM, said:

For me, it's all about reducing my "Footprint".

Yea its nice to take simple steps to reduce your carbon footprint and you'll feel better for doing it...

speedemon, on Jun 9 2009, 03:42 PM, said:

For me its about paying more for organic foods.

Yea this mass production stuff imported from 'timbuctu' is bollox. Locally sourced organic food all the way, even if it costs a bit extra

[Randalizer]

Microcosm, it means increasing the health of my soil/compost by creating conditions conducive to micro herds. Macrocosm it means buying locally as much as possible.

[Blayz'd]

Take care of the environment? I'm not that powerful. The environment takes care of itself no matter what. It doesn't need us to do anything. Even if we went to the extreme of destroying this world so we totally fucked the atmosphere, the planet would clense itself and regenerate. What exactly are we trying to save by helping the environment? If we were to do it for anything it should be for all life. Then we open a can of worms, cos if your doing it for life, then why contradict it elsewhere by murder, torture and neglect.

It's like these wars we're waging at the moment for peace We're killing people for peace. See the massive contradiction going on there. Same contradictions are going on with all this bullshit regarding green living and carbon footprints. We could make a difference but it would require much more than green living. It would require a complete change in the mentality of people from caring only about the immediate people in their life to every person caring about all life. Then you would see difference. Homelessness wouldn't exist. It's another one of these things where people don't get to the roots. Green living may help, but only in part. The thing that will make the largest difference to all these problems is a change in mentality, away from hate, fear and negatives, more to love and excitement and positives. Good 50-100 years plus though I think, or one massive event which changes the mentality of the world for good.

[Blayz'd]

oldman61, on Jun 27 2009, 02:10 AM, said:

For me it's growing outdoors in soil and the nutrients are rain water

That's the difference for me too. Organic is nurtured by nature. Non organic is our doing. Dictionary might disagree but that's how I see it too.

[philw]

You can get evertything you need from mother nature you'v just gotta know where to look and what to look for

[justonemore]

oldman61, on Jun 27 2009, 02:10 AM, said:

For me it's growing outdoors in soil and the nutrients are rain water

Totally agree,

The current wife and I have been growing this way for about 15 years, we are fortunate to have a large area and feed ourselves and family, get a bit fed up with beans in September though......

We put the hard work in the winter, spreading shit that has been donated all year, I think the recent upsurge in gardening is great, but you have to have it in your mind that it's not just about sowing a few seeds when the weather is nice, you have to put the work in and prepare the ground, it's a lot more easy that way.

JOM

[cheeseburger]

symbiosis B)

[justonemore]

cheeseburger, on Jun 27 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

symbiosis B)

Save me looking it up, What's that mean ?

JOM

[cheeseburger]

justonemore, on Jun 27 2009, 05:44 PM, said:

cheeseburger, on Jun 27 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

symbiosis B)

Save me looking it up, What's that mean ?

JOM

giving back what you take, at least, anymore is a parasite, and will benift neither

This post has been edited by cheeseburger: 27 June 2009 - 04:38 PM