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How To Grow Organic Apples Without Any Kind of Spray or Pesticide

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By: Ted Swenen, 10/10/2013

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Apples may seem like the last bastion of pesticide-dependent gardening. In many commercial orchards, apples are sprayed 10 to 20 times per year. It’s not hard to find organic home gardeners who still believe it’s nearly impossible to grow good fruit without pesticides. Furthermore, most people probably expect organic fruit to come with a few spots or chew marks. I used to rely on insect traps and biological sprays, and I would still have fruit that was covered with disease and infested with worms. Then I found a way to grow pristine apples without using any kind of spray. Successful organic fruit-growing starts with selecting varieties that are inherently disease resistant. This important first step eliminates half the problem.

 

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'Organic' from China exposed: The shocking truth about 'organic' foods grown in the world's worst environmental cesspool

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GFP Note: After posting this we had readers point out some inconsistencies in the article (as well as a rather racist part). We encourage people to take this with a grain of salt, there's no confirmation of many of the claims. It also says US organics are "legitimate", yet the USDA just recently approved anti-biotics for use in "organic" food (source).

 

Natural News.com-2.21.2013, Mike Adams

 

 

 

(NaturalNews) When it comes to foods, superfoods and even nutritional supplements from China, "organic" is largely a hoax. This is my opinion, of course, but I've been researching the issue quite extensively as the key decision maker for new products in the Natural News Store. And I've come to the conclusion that "organic" from China is largely a fraud. Here's why...

First off, you're going to be shocked to learn that there is no limit to how much mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic and aluminum is allowed in "organic" products.

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