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raja kishore sahoo — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:42:19 -0500

every society that becoming paralize if youth will not active, like tenspeed bicycle.my point of vew that in every trust or organization should overcomming to lessening the heinous poverty. i am bow down to the active organization because they always wishes to be good for the people. one thing is clear that ignorance is the mother of poverty.so my motto is that we should leart to uneducated people the slum,interor area those who are living under poverty. i a sure they they can't getting oppertunities like N.G.O..

It's remarkable how in this

TeAnne — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:52:30 -0400

It's remarkable how in this particular case, the poverty of a nation actually has the potential to feed a nation.

Good Dirt?

_cweinman — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:39:36 -0400

From what I have read in the past however, isn't soil quality one of the possible negitive factors of this idea. Mainly due to rural poor areas not having limited access to farming technology and techniques. Often the land and soil is depleted and/or over-used. Just a discussion piece to add.

LA organic - broken link

Rob Katz — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:03:10 -0400

Hi GLG, thanks for the comment. Seems the link is broken, however. Care to sum up the basic gist of what's going on with organic labor issues in LA? How might that impact low-income producers in other countries, particularly Mexico? And one question I've had for a while - if organic goes huge and commercial, is it still the same 'feel-good' agriculture we've always known?

Nice to hear things're

green LA girl — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:26:36 -0400

Nice to hear things're working for organic farmers in Turkey, but in Los Angeles, our organic farmers have serious labor issues :( I just don't know how we can work to get them resolved --

Fighting Poverty with Organic Agriculture

Ethan Arpi — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:23:38 -0400

Today, the Asia Times published an interesting piece on Nazmi Ilicali, a farmer in Eastern Turkey who has made organic agriculture the centerpiece in the fight against rural poverty. Mr. Ilicali’s efforts have gained him international attention and just last year he was honored by the prestigious Ashoka Entrepreneur Trust. Below I have provided some of the most interesting excerpts from the article:

Why organic agriculture?

He explains why, ironically, the poverty of this area makes it perfect for starting organic farming projects: "The earth in this area is especially suitable, because the local population is so poor that for years they have been unable to afford chemical fertilizers. The climate is good for organic agriculture, too. The frost and cold here even kill the eggs laid in the earth by insects, and because of that there is no need for pesticides - we have a totally chemical-free soil."