Post by surf4grrl on May 17, 2011 9:36:37 GMT -5
OK, so there were threads on culling, volunteers, disease and it seems to me that many of these issues are regional. Someone in the desert is not going to have the same issues as someone in a completely different geographical area.
So, in a way, what is standard in one area will not be in another. For example, the golden nematode.
Never heard of it? Good - because it's only in 9 counties in NY State due to strict quarantine regulations. It's devastated potato/tomato crops in Europe and did the same initially here on LI because of stuff from the war coming over from Europe (LI was a staging area for military supplies) - a very interesting read can be found here ...
courses.cit.cornell.edu/ipm444/new%20material/Golden_nematode.html
Basically, the cysts spread very easily, destroys your crops after the population builds and for alot of folks, that's not an option.
Exactly where it resides in NY is well documented and followed by the authorities that be - you have to strictly rotate crops if you have any GN on your land (land needs to lie fallow for a ridiculous amount of time for them to disappear - not possible) - some areas have it, some don't.
The upshot of all this is - although it's a regional problem, there needs to be a more even solution to ensure food security for everyone.
The arguments about what to do with GN now, are timely - especially when you hear folks from NY who say "stop the quarantine" and others from outside our state who say "heck no - don't stop the quarantine - we don't want the golden nematode
Of course regional probelms/global solutions are not applicable universally, but I think it be applied generally. ie late blight - it's dispersed along a "green highway" and can travel airborne across states.
I think it was quoted that air borne spores can travel up to 30 miles a day. This worries me, as alot of people lost a great deal due this terrible disease.
Yes, there are regional issues, but I believe they are not necessarily small or trivial or isolated to that particular area.
So, in a way, what is standard in one area will not be in another. For example, the golden nematode.
Never heard of it? Good - because it's only in 9 counties in NY State due to strict quarantine regulations. It's devastated potato/tomato crops in Europe and did the same initially here on LI because of stuff from the war coming over from Europe (LI was a staging area for military supplies) - a very interesting read can be found here ...
courses.cit.cornell.edu/ipm444/new%20material/Golden_nematode.html
Basically, the cysts spread very easily, destroys your crops after the population builds and for alot of folks, that's not an option.
Exactly where it resides in NY is well documented and followed by the authorities that be - you have to strictly rotate crops if you have any GN on your land (land needs to lie fallow for a ridiculous amount of time for them to disappear - not possible) - some areas have it, some don't.
The upshot of all this is - although it's a regional problem, there needs to be a more even solution to ensure food security for everyone.
The arguments about what to do with GN now, are timely - especially when you hear folks from NY who say "stop the quarantine" and others from outside our state who say "heck no - don't stop the quarantine - we don't want the golden nematode
Of course regional probelms/global solutions are not applicable universally, but I think it be applied generally. ie late blight - it's dispersed along a "green highway" and can travel airborne across states.
I think it was quoted that air borne spores can travel up to 30 miles a day. This worries me, as alot of people lost a great deal due this terrible disease.
Yes, there are regional issues, but I believe they are not necessarily small or trivial or isolated to that particular area.