Re: Purple Loosestrife

In a message dated 08/11/2000 12:38:09 PM Central Daylight Time, 
LONDE@aol.com writes:

<< Bill --
 This makes me very nervous, too.  They say there was very rigorous testing 
 before this program was implemented but it still makes me nervous.  There 
are 
 no easy solutions now.  Purple Loosestrife should never have been brought 
 here in the first place.  >>

Most invasive plants in North America were not introduced from gardens, but 
were brought over as stow aways on ships.

The insects that have been used to control Purple Loosestrife have not shown 
any real interest in other plants, once the loosestrife is gone they move or 
die.

Ecosystems are always in a state of change and species populations and types 
change over time. 

My greatest concern has to do with the paving over of the land for more and 
more cars.

Thankfully modern agriculture with transgenic foods has reduced the number of 
acreage need to produce food for the world, if we were to go to an organic 
form of farming, three times the amount of land would have to go into 
production for food crops.
That's a scary concept-The push for organic food is what scares me, if in any 
amount food production is pushed in this direction the environmental damage 
will be catastrophic, with more and more marginal lands put into food 
production.

Paul

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