Don Luis:
Nos dicen que una de las formas de tumbar barreras de toda naturaleza, es el acceso a la informaciòn y este medio es una de ellas y la mas accesible que nos llega diariamente, eso nos permite llegar a tener una mente abierta y por mas que veamos que las puertas al dialogo aparentemente se cierran, esto no es asì, ejemplos hay muchos por ejemplo, ya no es creible aquello de referirse a los campesinos "pobre campesino, ignorante, iletrado, hay que ayudarle" y que esta tarea es una accion de bien social, como la limosna dominguera, que no son capaces de asimilar tecnologias nuevas , nada mas falso los campesinos son una fuerza social y econòmica que esta abandonada adrede y que solo necesita unas cuantas medidas para que salgan adelante y potencien el desarrollo econòmico del pais.
Ya se esta acabando aquello que cuando se habla de Cooperativismo, se refieran como que fuera un invento del Gral Velasco, pretendiendo desconocer que este movimiento data desde hace mas de un siglo y que es la corriente que le permite a los pequeños y medianos productores afrontar con exito las tareas de produccion, investigacion mercado y crear mejores condiciones de vida.
Tampoco es creible que la producciòn organica le este vedado el uso de la urea,porque es "un quimico", lo que existe es una prohibiciòn expresa, en forma interesada, como aquello de la coca, dentro del esquema internacional de la lucha antidrogas.
Tal cual lo ha hecho Don Luis, podrìa seguir enumerando otros hechos y esta tribuna lo que ayuda es desbaratar estas verdades de perogrullo y lo que si nos falta es saber llegar a quienes son dueños de las decisiones politicas que enrumban nuestro pais en la forma que lo estan haciendo y sobre esto es lo que hay que trabajar, entre ello demandar de los colegios profesionales y sobre todo de las Universidades que sean lo suficientemente abiertos no solo a los nuevos conocimientos, sino tambien a la existencia de otros modelos que son exitosos.
Saludos y parabienes
Jorge Sanchez
Luis Paz <ljpazs@terra.com.pe>
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Enviado: Lunes, 10 de septiembre, 2012 10:16 P.M.
Asunto: [GA] RE: La Fabula Organica
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Enviado: Lunes, 10 de septiembre, 2012 10:16 P.M.
Asunto: [GA] RE: La Fabula Organica
Crees en Dios? Por qué crees en Dios? No crees en Dios, por qué no crees en Dios? ¿Quién tiene la razón? Acaso se trata de tener la razón? En una sociedad en la que nadie le cree ni a los gobiernos, ni a las grandes empresas debido a que han engañado y siguen engañando a la población, me parece normal que se desconfíe, durante corto o largo tiempo, sobre lo que ofrece la ciencia y que la desconfianza sea mayor cuando tampoco se confía en los organismos certificadores, tal como es el caso de los estudios de impacto ambiental, o lo fallos de los tribunales de justicia, o las prioridades en la cobranza de impuestos por la SUNAT, o en las repetidas decisiones sobre el control de los químicos utilizados por las drogas, o en el control de los signos de riqueza, etc., o en la ironías comerciales como "fumar puede ser dañino para su salud". Esta discusión se ha vuelto inútil, tanto como ponerse a discutir si existe o no existe Dios! Se ha llegado a un punto de la discusión en que crees o no crees y los argumentos en pro o en contra ya no contribuyen a cambiar el modo de pensar de la gente. Qué pena!
Lucho Paz
De: lwdb1208@yahoo.com [mailto:lwdb1208@yahoo.com]
Enviado el: lunes, 10 de septiembre de 2012 12:18 p.m.
Para: Agronegocios Google Groups
CC: Alexander Grobman; Julio Favre Carranza; Luis Paz
Asunto: La Fabula Organica
Enviado el: lunes, 10 de septiembre de 2012 12:18 p.m.
Para: Agronegocios Google Groups
CC: Alexander Grobman; Julio Favre Carranza; Luis Paz
Asunto: La Fabula Organica
Estimados:
Un articulo que no veran escrito en ningun periodico de Lima. Lo organico se ha convertido en una moda elitista pero ningun periodista tiene las agallas para hacer las preguntas correctas. El que ose hacerlas se queda sin trabajo.
Saludos
Luis
The Organic Fable
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By ROGER COHEN
Published: September 6, 2012
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Organic has long since become an ideology, the romantic back-to-nature obsession of an upper middle class able to afford it and oblivious, in their affluent narcissism, to the challenge of feeding a planet whose population will surge to 9 billion before the middle of the century and whose poor will get a lot more nutrients from the two regular carrots they can buy for the price of one organic carrot.
An effective form of premium branding rather than a science, a slogan rather than better nutrition, "organic" has oozed over the menus, markets and malls of the world's upscale neighborhood at a remarkable pace. In 2010, according to the Organic Trade Association, organic food and drink sales totaled $26.7 billion in the United States, or about 4 percent of the overall market, having grown steadily since 2000. The British organic market is also large; menus like to mention that bacon comes from pampered pigs at the Happy Hog farm down the road.
In the midst of the fad few questions have been asked. But the fact is that buying organic baby food, a growing sector, is like paying to send your child to private school: It is a class-driven decision that demonstrates how much you love your offspring but whose overall impact on society is debatable.
So I cheered this week when Stanford University concluded, after examining four decades of research, that fruits and vegetables labeled organic are, on average, no more nutritious than their cheaper conventional counterparts. The study also found that organic meats offered no obvious health advantages. And it found that organic food was not less likely to be contaminated by dangerous bacteria like E.coli.
The takeaway from the study could be summed up in two words: Organic, schmorganic. That's been my feeling for a while.
Now let me say three nice things about the organic phenomenon. The first is that it reflects a growing awareness about diet that has spurred quality, small-scale local farming that had been at risk of disappearance.
The second is that even if it's not better for you, organic farming is probably better for the environment because less soil, flora and fauna are contaminated by chemicals (although of course, without fertilizers, you have to use more land to grow the same amount of produce or feed the same amount of livestock.) So this is food that is better ecologically even if it is not better nutritionally.
The third is that the word organic — unlike other feel-good descriptions of food like "natural" — actually means something. Certification procedures in both the United States and Britain are strict. In the United States, organic food must meet standards ensuring that genetic engineering, synthetic fertilizers, sewage and irradiation were not used in the food's production. It must also be produced using methods that, according to the Department of Agriculture, "foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance and conserve biodiversity."
Still, the organic ideology is an elitist, pseudoscientific indulgence shot through with hype. There is a niche for it, if you can afford to shop at Whole Foods, but the future is nonorganic.
To feed a planet of 9 billion people, we are going to need high yields not low yields; we are going to need genetically modified crops; we are going to need pesticides and fertilizers and other elements of the industrialized food processes that have led mankind to be better fed and live longer than at any time in history.
Logically, the organic movement should favor genetically modified produce. If you cannot use pesticides or fertilizers, you might at least want to modify your crops so they are more resilient and plentiful. But that would go against the ideology and romance of a movement that says: We are for nature, everyone else is against nature.
I'd rather be against nature and have more people better fed. I'd rather be serious about the world's needs. And I trust the monitoring agencies that ensure pesticides are used at safe levels — a trust the Stanford study found to be justified.
Martin Orbach, the co-founder and program director of the Abergavenny Food Festival in Britain, owns a company called Shepherds that produces a superb sheep's milk ice-cream sold at a store in Hay-on-Wye. It has a cult following at the Hay literary festival and beyond. Journalists, Orbach told me, regularly report that they have eaten an "organic sheep's milk ice cream."
The only catch is this is not true. "We have never said it's organic because it would be illegal for us to do so," Orbach said. "But it fits with the story of a small sheep's milk ice-cream maker."
Organic is a fable of the pampered parts of the planet — romantic and comforting. Now, thanks to Stanford researchers, we know just how replete with myth the "O" fable is.
Luis De Stefano Beltrán, Ph.D.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
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Lima 31, Perú
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