tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post7999063867504296639..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: The White House garden: Typical "green" BS, with real costs orders of magnitude higher than suggestedTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-89300810652239473092009-11-08T07:27:19.261-06:002009-11-08T07:27:19.261-06:00The White House also failed to mention the cost of...The White House also failed to mention the cost of being allowed to call the food "organic".<br />It takes 3 years and thousands of dollars to be certified organic.<br /><br />And what about the equipment costs? Rototillers - hundreds and hundreds of dollars - and the seed costs for organic seeds have to be more than $180 for 5 acres. <br /><br />What a bunch of lies. I grow veggies sporadically, and between the groundhhogs, bunnies, deer and my own chickens, I'm lucky to harvest much of anything at all. LOL!<br />But then, I don't have 24 hour security keeping an eye on my plot of land.Beth Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291132590140624679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-73316161912843153342009-10-30T16:11:35.693-05:002009-10-30T16:11:35.693-05:00this reminds of solar panels and wind turbines tha...this reminds of solar panels and wind turbines that greens claim are so much "cheaper" and more "efficient" than nuclear and coalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com