Post by Jay Blair on Sept 24, 2005 3:38:11 GMT -5
Tonite while watching the early morning news on CBS , I heard one reporter remark that Hurricane Rita would not only affect fuel prices if she took out south Texas refineries, but also all industries dependent on fuel or fuel byproducts.
As he rattled off the list, farming came up. Not just about fuel for equipment operation, but also increased costs for petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides common on large scale farms in the U.S. today.
Could the economic impact of the "one , two punch" of Katrina on U.S. refineries and our economy give rise to a dramatic increase of "No till' farming, BISF manually maintained small farms and use of on site produced vermicompost and digester sludge as fertilizer to reduce costs of agricultural production?
When I first started my worm ranch here, I read how within 2 years Cuba had restored their agricultural output to almost 80% of what it was prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What was amazing about their recovery to 80% was that they had lost all commercial fertilizers they had used as it came from the Soviets, however a professor convinced the agricultural community to switch to composting in concrete lined trenches to produce fertilizer.
Here in the U.S. , less than 40% of our farms are "no till' and usually those use no till layering to enrich the soil carbon content.
So do you think the impact economically of the 2005 hurricane season will increase use of vermicompost and no till practices next spring?
As he rattled off the list, farming came up. Not just about fuel for equipment operation, but also increased costs for petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides common on large scale farms in the U.S. today.
Could the economic impact of the "one , two punch" of Katrina on U.S. refineries and our economy give rise to a dramatic increase of "No till' farming, BISF manually maintained small farms and use of on site produced vermicompost and digester sludge as fertilizer to reduce costs of agricultural production?
When I first started my worm ranch here, I read how within 2 years Cuba had restored their agricultural output to almost 80% of what it was prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What was amazing about their recovery to 80% was that they had lost all commercial fertilizers they had used as it came from the Soviets, however a professor convinced the agricultural community to switch to composting in concrete lined trenches to produce fertilizer.
Here in the U.S. , less than 40% of our farms are "no till' and usually those use no till layering to enrich the soil carbon content.
So do you think the impact economically of the 2005 hurricane season will increase use of vermicompost and no till practices next spring?
