Comments on: Weakened Climate Bill Rewards Herbicide-Intensive Farming

By: mark

mark — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:28:42 +0000

I should have stated conventional no-till farming still use lots of herbicides,But just because a farm may not be producing as much carbon emission at the farm it still depends on the manufacturers of toxins,that generate huge amounts of emissions and must ship their poison by train ,and trucks to where it will be injected in to our environment.

By: Beyond Pesticides

Beyond Pesticides — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:54:18 +0000

We agree that no-till practices are beneficial, when it’s done organically. See more here (check out Rodale’s “crimper”: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/organicfood/environment/index.htm#carbon

By: mark

mark — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:52 +0000

No-till methods still require large amounts of herbicides.You must figure in the manufacturing and transportation of the product. Also figure in all the traffic delays and environmental cost for clean up when toxic spills occur ,either by train or tanker truck load ,or even smaller spills .

By: Organic Wholesale

Organic Wholesale — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:16:22 +0000

No till farms reduce carbon emissions, slow soil erosion and help protect our earth with less farm equipment running!