Comments on: Striving Toward Sustainable Agriculture http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106 The only Food Blog written by Jesse Sharrard Mon, 25 May 2026 00:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: michael http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-667 michael Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:36:46 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-667 Also... it sort of seems ad hominem. Instead of rebutting the article, you attack it by saying what is wrong with chemical fertilizers. That is faulty logic... they never made a claim about them being good or bad, only that it takes much less land when you farm with them. Instead of making a new argument, you should rebutt its commentary. Let me know! This is of great concern to me, and the utmost importance to all of us! I am dying for intelligent rebuttals to the Economist article, and there hasn't been anything totally effective. Thanks for your info... and thanks for time! Also… it sort of seems ad hominem. Instead of rebutting the article, you attack it by saying what is wrong with chemical fertilizers. That is faulty logic… they never made a claim about them being good or bad, only that it takes much less land when you farm with them. Instead of making a new argument, you should rebutt its commentary. Let me know! This is of great concern to me, and the utmost importance to all of us! I am dying for intelligent rebuttals to the Economist article, and there hasn’t been anything totally effective. Thanks for your info… and thanks for time!

]]> By: michael http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-666 michael Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:33:04 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-666 Ummm... I see you have cited sources, but have given none for us to read! I am curious as to the manure issue... as I understand almost all manure is processed for fertilizer... or it is beginnning to be used in such a manner. But apparently the FDA and EPA have disposal instructions and guidelines for manure being disposed of. If it hasn't been efficiently dealt with for years, this would be a much bigger problem than you lead us to believe? Just wanting more data.. all the time. Thanks. Ummm… I see you have cited sources, but have given none for us to read! I am curious as to the manure issue… as I understand almost all manure is processed for fertilizer… or it is beginnning to be used in such a manner. But apparently the FDA and EPA have disposal instructions and guidelines for manure being disposed of. If it hasn’t been efficiently dealt with for years, this would be a much bigger problem than you lead us to believe? Just wanting more data.. all the time. Thanks.

]]> By: kari http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-448 kari Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:11:21 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-448 yay, great and thorough post. I would also hazard that 1. we don't need to eat as much meat as we do, so eliminating grain feeding of cattle shouldn't be a disaster scene and 2. you can't solve hunger by throwing fertilizer at the earth if there is no sufficient distribution system in place. we have an excess of food in the US and it will never reach hungry people in, for example, africa, before it spoils. how about first we work on the distribution before we go around slinging rocks at organic agriculture. yay, great and thorough post. I would also hazard that 1. we don’t need to eat as much meat as we do, so eliminating grain feeding of cattle shouldn’t be a disaster scene and 2. you can’t solve hunger by throwing fertilizer at the earth if there is no sufficient distribution system in place. we have an excess of food in the US and it will never reach hungry people in, for example, africa, before it spoils. how about first we work on the distribution before we go around slinging rocks at organic agriculture.

]]> By: Tana Butler http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-414 Tana Butler Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:14:39 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=106#comment-414 Thank you so much for your intelligent and lucid rebuttal. I had seen that article and was blistering with anger that Borlaug (or "Borg" for short) would dare to call himself anything related to "green," and I am not a treehugger. I will be linking to your response on my blog and elsewhere online. Signed, New Subscriber to Corduroy Orange, Tana Butler Thank you so much for your intelligent and lucid rebuttal. I had seen that article and was blistering with anger that Borlaug (or “Borg” for short) would dare to call himself anything related to “green,” and I am not a treehugger.

I will be linking to your response on my blog and elsewhere online.

Signed,
New Subscriber to Corduroy Orange, Tana Butler

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