Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 From that list of ingredients: " Blood (Kiln Dried Animal): Used as a nitrogen source in Organic Fertilizers and potting soil. Bone Meal: Used as a phosphorus fertilizer in Organic gardening and potting soil. " So organic fruits and veg are not actually vegan? Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 On Jun 10, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Leonor Gomes wrote: > From that list of ingredients: > > " Blood (Kiln Dried Animal): Used as a nitrogen source in Organic > Fertilizers and potting soil. > Bone Meal: Used as a phosphorus fertilizer in Organic gardening and > potting soil. " > > So organic fruits and veg are not actually vegan? > > Indeed - some proportion of organic produce is not strictly vegan, as it may have had animal-derived fertiliser applied to it. There is vegan organic system (known as " veganic " ) but you'd be hard pressed to find veganic fruit and veg at your local shops. The only two choices you really have are non-organic produce from agribusiness or organic produce which may have been grown with non-vegan fertiliser - you have to decide which is the lesser of the two evils (or starve !). Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 , Paul Russell <prussell@s...> wrote: > The only two choices you > really have are non-organic produce from agribusiness or organic > produce which may have been grown with non-vegan fertiliser - you have > to decide which is the lesser of the two evils (or starve !). But the non-organic uses animal fertilisers too too, doesn't it? Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 On Jun 12, 2004, at 6:44 AM, Leonor Gomes wrote: > , Paul Russell <prussell@s...> wrote: > >> The only two choices you >> really have are non-organic produce from agribusiness or organic >> produce which may have been grown with non-vegan fertiliser - you > have >> to decide which is the lesser of the two evils (or starve !). > > But the non-organic uses animal fertilisers too too, doesn't it? > > Yes, it may well do - large arable-only farms will probably just use chemical fertilisers but mixed farms (arable plus livestock) will typically use manure for fertiliser as well as chemical fertilisers. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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