http://manuredepot.com/traditional-and-conventional-growing/ Embracing Our Interdependence With Nature Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://manuredepot.com/traditional-and-conventional-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Danel R. Lehrman Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:38:25 +0000 http://manuredepot.com/wordpress/?p=196#comment-313 I like your vibe. Nothing more to say. I like your vibe. Nothing more to say.

]]> http://manuredepot.com/traditional-and-conventional-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-311 admin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:42:22 +0000 http://manuredepot.com/wordpress/?p=196#comment-311 Hi Barry thanks for reading, and for your question. I may change this answer after I return from the SSAWG Conference. I am not an expert on this but here goes: We catch our rainwater here in Florida. I have a gutter down spout that feeds directly into my fish pond. I water my plants with rain water, and cows in the pasture drink rain water that is caught in their watering troughs and ponds although they are beef cattle. I consider that dairies may be more persnickety about what their cows consume lest it taint the milk. Animals usually drink water we would not consider safe for ourselves. Their systems may be more tolerant than ours are. I don't know how it is in Ireland, but when it comes to food and water consumption in this country we are over protected. Did you know that in this country a fresh egg that was not washed in a bleach solution before it was packaged to sell must be labeled "for pet consumption only"? It is the same for raw milk it must be labeled for pet consumption only to be sold in the market. Much of the fresh food I most want to consume is contraband in my country. Are Ireland's food distribution regulations like that too? Hi Barry thanks for reading, and for your question. I may change this answer after I return from the SSAWG Conference. I am not an expert on this but here goes: We catch our rainwater here in Florida. I have a gutter down spout that feeds directly into my fish pond. I water my plants with rain water, and cows in the pasture drink rain water that is caught in their watering troughs and ponds although they are beef cattle. I consider that dairies may be more persnickety about what their cows consume lest it taint the milk. Animals usually drink water we would not consider safe for ourselves. Their systems may be more tolerant than ours are. I don’t know how it is in Ireland, but when it comes to food and water consumption in this country we are over protected. Did you know that in this country a fresh egg that was not washed in a bleach solution before it was packaged to sell must be labeled “for pet consumption only”? It is the same for raw milk it must be labeled for pet consumption only to be sold in the market. Much of the fresh food I most want to consume is contraband in my country. Are Ireland’s food distribution regulations like that too?

]]> http://manuredepot.com/traditional-and-conventional-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Barry in Ireland Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:01:57 +0000 http://manuredepot.com/wordpress/?p=196#comment-309 Hey, Here's a sustainability question you might be able to help with. Rainwater harvesting is becoming ever more relevant - probably even more so in the drier parts of the US than here in Ireland. We're told we should not drink rainwater without first filtering it through, for example, ozone (O3). But can we feed it to animals, e.g. dairy cows ? Thanks, Barry in Ireland. Hey,
Here’s a sustainability question you might be able to help with.
Rainwater harvesting is becoming ever more relevant – probably even more so in the drier parts of the US than here in Ireland.
We’re told we should not drink rainwater without first filtering it through, for example, ozone (O3). But can we feed it to animals, e.g. dairy cows ?
Thanks,
Barry in Ireland.

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