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Biological versus natural

An interview with the director of the Global Food Stuff Problems Center Hadson Every

Mr. Every published of the book “Organic food – the truth about “ raising doubt that “organic products” are especially healthy. He refers to a study conducted in Denmark. The study estimates that if the entire agriculture in the country would transfer to organic standards the production will drop by 47%. The organic economy is less efficient. Only dung is allowed to be applied as fertilizer. It means that the lion’s share of surfaces used presently for human needs would be turned to pasture. The area to raise crop would be cut by 30%, potato – by 70%. The pasture territory would contrary grow by 160%. Cow would feed on matters which are destined for people.

In order to substitute all nitrogen fertilizers used in the world by dung we would need 6 billion cows instead of 1.6 billion which is the stock of day. To turn only 40% of agriculture to organic norms the mankind would have to cut the entire forest on the planet and turn Earth to one gigantic farm. And a farm, we must remind the nature lovers, is a quite unnatural thing.

Many studies revealed that organic products contain harmful matters and the organic production causes damage to the nature. We must remember that the organic economy applies a very restricted number of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, for instance the copper sulfate – the only pesticide permitted in the organic agriculture. But this pesticide is very toxic , 3 times more than “inorganic” captan or piraclostrobin.

Organic farms use also pyrethrin - the aster extract. The use sulfur to fight insects . All these matters are less effective than modern chemicals, therefore they have to be applied more often and in larger quantities . Considering the concentration, volume and frequency of application they do 3-10 times more harm than a regular economy.

Admitted, the agricultural chemicals have a bad reputation. Most people believe that artificial fertilizers and chemicals has been actively introduced since World War Second.

Actually, that is false. Introduction of chemicals into agriculture has commenced since 80-ties of XIX century. That was a real hell ! The field were treated by nicotine which is very poisonous for human. A walk through the field within 5-6 hours after nicotine treatment would endanger your life.

Since then the agricultural chemistry made an enormous progress. The people are not aware how negligibly small are concentration used in the modern agriculture.

The mankind never disposes of such methods of food products analysis, the food was never so harmless as now.

The common belief is that intoxications are caused by milk, meat, eggs. That is not true. The lion.s share of intoxications relate with vegetables consumption. The principle difference lays in the fact that milk, meat and eggs are thermically treated, the vegetables are consumed raw. The pasteurized milk is much more safe as unpasteurized one. Many kids get intoxicated from unpasteurized milk consumption because their parents believe those milk to be more healthy.

Speaking aboit cow dung we have to keep in mind that is the natural reservoir for pathogen microorganisms. Researches of Minnesota university have revealed that the probability to catch salmonella raised on an organic field is 3-5 times higher than by consuming regular vegetables. All cows are natural bearer of E. coli.0157.

The people are not acquainted with the history of the farm economy.. Our grandfathers and grandmothers dies from insufficient nourishment and body weakness.

Young men drafted to army in WWII were real dystrophics.

And they were farmers’ sons !

Every believes that in some 10-15 years the paranoia against biochemical cultures will be get rid of.

“Expert” magazin, Nr 38, 2009