Is there any proof any of this works?

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

Having taken a second look at the question, I'm not sure you will be happy with the answer, any answer. For the most part, we're gardeners. The worst thing that could happen is we might lose a couple flowers or maybe veggies. We have tried it and found that it works better than any chemical approach we've tried - and among the several hundred of us on just this list, we have probably tried every combination and permutation of materials from the organic catalog, and even from out chemical days before we tried the organic program. If you are skeptical about your personal garden, just try it. If you are wondering whether to spend the extra few bucks for organic food, then just don't spend it. But if you try it in your own garden and see what happens, you'll be more inclined to listen to what we're telling you.

If you want to talk to someone about raising livestock under organic conditions, please search out Betsy Ross at http://rossfarm.com/and Peggy Sechrist at http://www.homesteadhealthyfoods.com/. I know Betsy tests her beef for CLAs and I think that Peggy does the same with both beef and chicken. But there again, you may not like the answer because they are both selling beef for profit.

Hmmm...I just checked Peggy's link and it's dead. Do an internet search on her name and you'll get a few links you can use in the mean time while their web page is getting back up.

[squid]

I know this program works every time I step out into my barefooted and dont worry about what I'm stepping on. I know it works when anytime I dig, I get a shovel full of worms. Sure wasnt that way years ago when I dumped Scotts out every two or three months. I know it works when I go to the veggie garden and I'm not afraid to bite into what I pick.

I dont need some university or corporate backed research to prove to me any of this works.

[SARGE]

Many moons ago I remember planes flying overhead dropping some sort of mist. We wondered aloud if they were spraying water on all the vegetation. Of course we weren't told at the time and was many years later we found it was a chemical called Agent Orange. Marines are always the last to know, along with the public. Although many suffered the consequences from the spraying (well documented by now), I was fortunate enough to only lose my hair and be unable to produce kids and thankfully as of yet not come down with anything else like so many others. That alone has migrated me into being organic, if for nothing else and without research, as a statement that I don't need chemicals to do my work for me.