Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL

Remember SILAS MARNER and John Milton  FAMOUS :Water Water evry where but no DROP to DRINK ?Well Come and meet the Acreage Community at this Convention Center which took place yesterday with a FAMED ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADER :ERIN BROCKOVICH.Read more at:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/local_news/epaper/2009/9/10/08/1008brockovich.html

What brings this to our attention is we farmers use water for irrigation and for consumption.In times of Draught like in California and concern about cancer clusters like in Florida , it is worth it to reconcider what we know or NOT know about WATER.

First thing as farmers we must be concerned about using the treated SEWAGE water.We also should refrain from using chemical fertilizers as it is now the case at the ACREAGE, the fertilizers chemiclas seap down into the aquifers in the end and we recycle them into our water wells.

The water wells inspected had residues of above the standard levels RADIUM 226-228 that causes cancer.There are at least ten families now at the Acreage area with members with cancer.

The time is ripe now  to follow the European standard of testing water and regulating it.So far No regulations.Lots of CONCERNS.

There are more ways to save the environment and our own families from harmful chemicals and radiations that make their way into our potable and irrigation water.I will follow with another article about the potable water in bottles and the risks that we are unaware of.We need more farmers and gardeners who DRINK and USE WATER  for IRRIGATION to raise more awarness about water.OUR FOOD and OUR LIVES depend on this important source that is becoming more  ENDANGERED .Stay tuned .Stay safe!

I DID NOT BUY A LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR A LONG TIME , UNTILL TODAY.

A FRONT PAGE HEADLINE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AND I WANT TO PASS IT ON   .

It talks about kids who got brain tumors ..It asks:was it a coincidence that they lived  close by  in a  neighborhood of farms that use pesticides? Or was the culprit the  well water??Find out for yourself down below:

www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/06/18/0618cluster.html

I have read in the news before,about migrant farmers who had kids with birth defects due to the pesicides.I have read about the pesiticdes side effects as carried out to us through the produce.But this is something new.

I like also to mention a web page that follows pesticides and rates the least and the most of produce with pesticides ,it is good to know, check it out at :

ewg.org

It is summer time now in Florida and guess what?The rain is back with a revenge and the water ponds are everywhere.The sun is blazzing and the bugs are grazing.Mucho mosquitos are in the air.

People here take refuge in the comfort air conditioned zone.Farmers like us need to work to make a living so what is the best bugs buster to protect the plantrs and the humans as well from the common enemy that is in the air?

Here comes to my mind what my mother and grandmother reommended as a home folklore preventive remedy to shew awy the unwanted  pests:

1-Citronella  Essential oil

2-Neem tree essential oil

3-Lavender Essential oil

4-Melaleucha or Tea tree essential oil.

I use those essential oils on my skin and on my plants to ward off the outdoor pests, never in full strength though.I use 1 % strength of those oils (like in two or three drops )mixed with other oils like Extra virgin olive oil combination mixed into a gallon of water with my favorite organic soap , then I spray on my plants or spread on my skin.Anything that goes on my skin can go into the air.Anything that goes into my mouth can go into my skin and NEVER do I use toxic chemicals .

Think about it.Why do we need those toxic chemicals  in the first place?

Wait.You will be hearing more about the effects of cell phones soon....I do not have or use one.