this video is sickeningly sweet. i grew up amish and we used lots of chemicals, bad ones too. it is funny because there is a scene in this film that shows an amish farmer hauling his harvested tobacco...we raised tobacco and it needs uses lots of pesticides...
It may be organic, but Lancaster and the Amish are some of the biggest contributors to Chesapeake bay pollution. The manure just runs off. Course, I doubt the Eastern shore commericial places are much better.
That's the point . Organic farmers recycle their manure back into the soil. That's why they are organic farmers. They reuse and recycle. Farmers using conventional methods dump their manure and toxic chemicals into the nearest bay or waterway..
@miriamreed No we don't just dump manure into the nearest bay or waterway. I'm a conventional farmer who raises hogs and I inject the manure into the soil. I can tell where I put manure on fields because the yields are always better. I use commercial fert and crop protection chemicals. Not all Amish farm organically a number do but not all. surface spread manure is more subject to run off than injected
watch this video and CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN SENATORS AND GIVE THEM HELL TO NOT PASS THESE BILLS! "Us Gov to Criminalize Organic Farming BILL HR 875 and S 425"
i hope omish are vegans if not i dont support their lifestyles.
normalguyable 1 year ago
this video is sickeningly sweet. i grew up amish and we used lots of chemicals, bad ones too. it is funny because there is a scene in this film that shows an amish farmer hauling his harvested tobacco...we raised tobacco and it needs uses lots of pesticides...
elamzook 1 year ago
It may be organic, but Lancaster and the Amish are some of the biggest contributors to Chesapeake bay pollution. The manure just runs off. Course, I doubt the Eastern shore commericial places are much better.
fyrefox4289 2 years ago
That's the point . Organic farmers recycle their manure back into the soil. That's why they are organic farmers. They reuse and recycle. Farmers using conventional methods dump their manure and toxic chemicals into the nearest bay or waterway..
miriamreed 2 years ago
The point is Amish manure runs into the Bay? All I'm saying is they need a better means of containing their fertilizer becase it, too, pollutes.
fyrefox4289 2 years ago
@miriamreed No we don't just dump manure into the nearest bay or waterway. I'm a conventional farmer who raises hogs and I inject the manure into the soil. I can tell where I put manure on fields because the yields are always better. I use commercial fert and crop protection chemicals. Not all Amish farm organically a number do but not all. surface spread manure is more subject to run off than injected
seancarm 11 months ago
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watch this video and CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN SENATORS AND GIVE THEM HELL TO NOT PASS THESE BILLS! "Us Gov to Criminalize Organic Farming BILL HR 875 and S 425"
oz22verizon 3 years ago
Excellent! Glad she distinguishes the organic Amish from those using harsh chemicals -- which is all too common out there!
heyhewnj 3 years ago