Latest comments posted about To everything there is a season on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2032-To-everything-there-is-a-season http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2032-To-everything-there-is-a-season Why do farmers not want to produce more food as they can gain more from it? When growing vegetables takes more farmland than crops, there is not enough land left for growing crops, then the price of grain will rise subsequently. As result, a new balance will be reached soon. You can not put a stop to this trend. Comment translated by Chen Zhou Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:57:46 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7477 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7477 Actually I do not want to argue more with Taodax. However, I have posted on the article by Prof.Jiang and am expecting his reply. - Aturen Tue, 27 May 2008 12:15:31 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7437 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7437 chinadialogue is very smart to publish an article by a controversial expert, thus inviting a large number of comments. This approach is very useful to raise debate by publishing a piece by an authoritative expert. Fortunately, Mr. Jiang always has something new to say. For now, I am just listening. Tue, 27 May 2008 03:41:22 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7433 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7433 I am terribly sorry that I have to post this comment in complicated Chinese version. You can refer to China's lunar calendars to get information about seasonal vegetables. In Taiwan, we can obtain the calendars for free in temples, so I am not sure if similar information is available in Chinese mainland. Mon, 26 May 2008 09:41:41 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7427 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7427 I support raising these arguments as well. However, arguments are divided into two categories. There are those arguments among scientists using statistics about the occurrence of global warming, from the scientific perspective. And there are those arguments about the creation of human beings by evolution or by God (or Nü Wa). These are from the scientific and religious perspectives separately. I do not think there is any need to have arguments of this kind between facts and imagination. As such, I do not want to argue with Taodax anymore. - Aturen Tue, 27 May 2008 06:41:26 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7434 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7434 Controversial arguments are really good, aren't they? China's scientific research and scientific reports rarely ask difficult questions,though there is no lack of criticism. Is there any benefit for experts to publish only positive and encouraging reports? The article by Jiang might be imperfect but is better than all the nonsenses written by many other experts. Sun, 25 May 2008 21:22:41 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7424 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7424 I do not plan to claim whether this article is right or wrong. However, all the problems this article has discussed, such as overuse of weed killer, fertilizer and additives, as well as white pollution, is by-products of agriculture rather than out-of-season vegitables. These problems can be solved if peasants understand them. The article has misguided consumers to believe that out-of-season vegitables themselves are bad, as comment No.1 has showed. Urban children in Beijing do not understand what is "out-of-season vegetable", as almost every vegetable they eat during winter is out of season. By contrast, in the past Beijing residents had nothing but Chinese cabbages in winter. I suggest Chinadialogue to take a cautious attitude towards the articles written by professor Jiang Gaoming. If you google his articles, you will find out a lot of people have questioned his credibility. Personally, I have reservations about his scientific literacy, too. Fri, 23 May 2008 07:43:47 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7415 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7415 Did the author ever make investigations on site? The flowering of cucumbers is a technical issue. It seems that the author does not have enough knowledge on this issue to make a judgement. How can an article be published without thorough investigation?? Fri, 23 May 2008 00:41:03 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7413 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7413 Thank the author for this good article. I've shared it with a lot of my friends. I wonder if I am allowed to republish it on my blog. Now I am aware of the negative impacts of out-of-reason vegetables, but I don't know exactly which vegetables are seasonal and what else are not. Is there any chance of accessing information of this kind on how to tell the difference between seasonal and out-of-season vegetables and fruits? Many thanks! Thu, 22 May 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7412 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2032#comment-7412