Landcare - minimal chemical usage

This is a resource page for people trying to minimize chemical usage in their
Landcare.

Ever wondered why you don't get information from the official sources. Monsanto
(the makers of Roundup) are Landcare sponsors, here are some links:

Roundup
Landcare Primary Producer Award;

Here is the kind of research they don't want you to see: Comparison
of plantings using roundup, mulching and cover crops from Southern Cross
University.

• Other people who care about this locally.
  
  
  
  • Letter in Rosebank Village Journal from S
    O'Mackie
  
  


• Global resources about chemicals and the companies that produce them.
  
  
  • Fascinating page
    about the boycott of Monsanto and the other nasties it produces.
  
  
  • Article on Roundup
    and Cancer, shows how information could lead to either conclusion.
  
  
  • Interesting quote from a Soil-therapy
    site:
    
    "Herbicide damage to soil-life from undertree spraying further complicates
    the issue. In Australian horticulture there appears to be a poor understanding
    of the potential for soil-life damage linked to herbicides. The problem is related
    to the soil food-web. Algae are single-celled plants, which are concentrated
    on or near the surface to access the sunlight, needed for photosynthesis to
    occur. The carbohydrates (plant sugars) produced by these organisms are a principal
    energy source for beneficial bacteria, fungi and other members of the food web.
    Herbicides, like Roundup, kill plants, and algae are no exception. With the
    algae energy source removed from the picture, the associated soil life damage
    can be devastating."
  
  
  • Roundup and Cancer: http://www.biotech-info.net/glyphosate_cancer.html.
  
  


• Alternatives
  
  
  • Hot water treatment - Waipuna