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Plant clinics scheme to boost food security
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:19 am
by alan refail
This sounds like a very positive move to improve food supplies and eliminate waste caused by pests and disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13389320http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=999
Re: Plant clinics scheme to boost food security
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:19 pm
by Nature's Babe
More positive would be scientific research on reducing plant stressors and maintainiing plant health; which depends on soil health and maintaining optimum conditions and ecological diversity.
Re: Plant clinics scheme to boost food security
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:18 am
by alan refail
Hi NB
I wouldn't have thought the two were incompatible.
The plant clinics are intended to eliminate problems which actually exist. I don't know about you, but I for one would be concerned if my GP told me that she couldn't give me a treatment for a complaint as all the money was going towards discovering environmental and lifestyle factors which had led to the condition
Re: Plant clinics scheme to boost food security
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:34 am
by Nature's Babe
Yes maybe, but good medical care should be considering maintaining health and keeping us healthy plus competence to know what to do if we fall through the net. I am grateful that early in life I was tested for multiple allergies, and received a course of injections that desensitised my body. Far better than letting the symptoms continue and treating me with expensive drugs that very often have unwanted side effects.