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Chemicals (was Re: potatoes)

At 07:45 PM 3/11/98 -0600, meistrel@nwark.com (Kathleen Meistrell) wrote:
>        Organically grown in my book means no chemicals used.

This is straying off the square foot theme a bit, but it is relevant to
gardening in general.  It would be well to define what you mean by
"chemical" so we know exactly what you're talking about.  After all, organic
gardeners and farmers use a chemical called "dihydrogen monoxide" all the
time.  _Rodale's Encyclopedia_ defines "chemical controls" as "methods that
involve substances that kill pests."  This wording obviously includes
pesticides such as pyrethrins and rotenone that organic growers use even
when they say they "don't use chemicals."

The fact that the USDA's proposed definition of "organic" has prompted so
much debate, or even that the USDA has to define "organic" in the first
place is a sign that we cannot take our words for granted.

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