Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ...
by Spooky23 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:04AM
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Given any scenario for this type of environmental discussion, someone will find a problem with it.
How far was the manure transported? How much CO2 did the cow burp? How much corn was trucked in to feed the cow?
There’s also the matter of organic fertilizers working differently in some scenarios. Blood meal releases nitrogen more slowly than ammonium nitrate, for example.
When you cross pseudo-religious beliefs you get in trouble as well — many of the organic fertilizers are animal byproducts (blood, feathers, eggshells, urine). So what wins for a vegan? Vegetables made with chemical fertilizers, or vegetables made with burnt eggshells and feathers?
How far was the manure transported? How much CO2 did the cow burp? How much corn was trucked in to feed the cow?
There’s also the matter of organic fertilizers working differently in some scenarios. Blood meal releases nitrogen more slowly than ammonium nitrate, for example.
When you cross pseudo-religious beliefs you get in trouble as well — many of the organic fertilizers are animal byproducts (blood, feathers, eggshells, urine). So what wins for a vegan? Vegetables made with chemical fertilizers, or vegetables made with burnt eggshells and feathers?