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Originally Posted by Forerunner
Commercially grown feed corn would likely be genetically modified and highly pestisized, herbicized, and artificially fertilized.
Same goes with commercial wheat in most areas, except for the gmo part, but that's coming.
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Front page article in the local paper last month, about an organic food producer here.
Some green folks put in a mini putt golf course, took city & private donations, put it on a 9 acre plot of wasteland by the river. Has a enviro theme. Oh we are so good for the environment....
Then they started growing a garden, organicly. Doing a coop, deliver a bag of greens a week, type of thing.
Didn't work so well, they made a few changes, and this year it went very well. Keeps that nasty chemicals out of the food chain, and real good for the environment.
Sounds good, right? Big story on how good they are for everyone. So much better than those dastardly farmers.
Here's the deal.
No one wanted the land they are on. It was a stockpiled dirt pile. We had bad river flooding in the mid 1990's here, had to sandbag the river. This dirt was used for emergency dike. After the flood, any dirt or sand used was considered hazardous. The dirt & some sand was returned to this site in dumptruck piles. It didn't settle down well, and is a bit low for building as it is.
They leveled it out, put the mini putt on it, then the gardens. The ground was so poor (it was yellow clay subsoil & sand...) that it didn't grow much that first year, and it held water.
So for the 2nd year, they had a consultant come in from miles away, and set up a drainage system. They had a local contractor come in & level the whole site with bulldozers. They had another consultant come in and put on 8 inches of topsoil & multch, brought in with dump trucks.
The 2nd year we were _very_ dry, so they had ok crops but not the best yields.
So this fall they had consultants come from 100 miles away & put in a sprinkler system to water the whole garden.
All of this work was subsidised by the city a bit, and at least 1/2 off from the consulting firms for advertising.
So, this is organic growing that happens around here. Start with a toxic dirt dump, level it all with bulldozers, haul in all the topsoil, put in lots of drainage and lots of watering equipment. Then proclaim yourself good for the enviornment with a small footprint on this earth.
I think it's just plain funny.
City down the road 25 miles has one of those coop gardens. Supposed to be all organic & good for everyone. No one notices it is downhill from the city works place - that used to store 'stuff' on this property the gardens now are on?????
I'd prefer the gmo corn, thank you, over that 'healthy' 'low-impact' 'chemical-free' stuff you get from the organic growers around here!
As to the original question, do you know any farmers in the area, do they grow corn or wheat where you live? Could probably work out a deal to harvest some corn yourself & pick the good stuff.
Remember sweet corn & yellow #2 dent corn are different; while some like ground sweet corn, it is not the 'normal' corn used for cornbread & the like. Be sure you get what it is you want.
--->Paul
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