Slate Article on the "green"-ness of Wine & Beer - Page 2

**Edcculus** · 09-25-2009, 01:19 PM

Not to sound like a broken record, but I've heard the exact same thing. There are reasons why farming is the way it is now. I've also heard that going back to all orgainic farming would just bring back the dust bowl in the midwest. I think there are some crops that make sense to farm organically. Fruits and vegetables come to mind. Organic for the sake of being organic is just asinine.

**pjj2ba** · 09-25-2009, 03:38 PM

Organic farmers (I'm talking commercial, not the 1/4 acre plot type) will use a lot more fuel in spraying their crops. The pesticides that are approved for organic use do not have the residual activity of the traditional ones. I know that in organic apple orchards, the grower is out spraying almost twice as often because of this.

So, you get produce with less pesticides in it, but it takes more fuel to produce it.

Boerderij_Kabouter · 09-25-2009, 03:51 PM

I find CO2 footprints laughable. That said and without being a dick about it, our homebrew is about as green a beverage as you can possibly procure. The bottles of cheap French wine those people are drinking at picnics from the tailgate of their Prius has a larger environmental impact than almost anything they could consume.

:shakes head and backs away:

**humann_brewing** · 09-25-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Edcculus

Drink Sierra Nevada. They actually end up selling back to the grid.

I thought New Belguim produced the wind power they use but I guess they buy it.
http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/customers.shtml?page=1&companyid=176