Hors - Sol
Hors - Sol
Guest
Dear Migros!
Why does Migros only sell Hors-Sol tomatoes? In the stores where I shop, all Swiss tomatoes, including beef tomatoes, are hors-sol without exception. However, I am totally against this method of production and do not want to consume such vegetables.
I therefore ask Migros to sell normal tomatoes again and also to declare its Hors-Sol products better - because if you don't look closely, you will buy them without knowing. A small label on the tomato aisle is definitely not enough.
Thank you for taking up the cause!
Greetings
JustMust
All replies (15)
Guest
How much energy is put into the rock wool alone, which Migros presents as "natural" and which is used instead of natural soil? How much energy is consumed per tomato? And how much goes into it all!
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralwolle
What's more, these rock wool mats are not exactly produced just around the corner? I wonder where they come from?
Perhaps we should also ask ourselves where all the (100% chemical?) fertilizers come from, which are essential when growing on rock wool mats, as there is no soil and therefore no natural nutrients?
Migros is now trying to sell us the whole thing as "natural" because this cultivation method produces much higher yields and can therefore be produced even more cheaply!
Hors-Sol: Vegetables from the nutrient solution!
"When we eat vegetables or fruit, we believe that we are eating something natural. But this is not always the case. More and more conventional crops, especially vegetables, are being grown independently of the soil - in so-called hors-sol cultures. What are the advantages and disadvantages of vegetables grown in a nutrient solution?"
Source: umweltnetz-schweiz.ch
Guest
The tomatoes are lined up like Borg drones.
It no longer has anything to do with nature or the natural world. Whenever I see images like this or read about soil-free production, a Borg cube or the human breeding in Matrix comes to mind. It's a kind of industrial rape of Mother Nature. The plants are supplied with water, fertilizer, medication and hormones via computer programs and tubes, but it gets even crazier. There are vegetables and strawberries that are grown using a nutrient film process. The roots are no longer even in rock wool but in a liquid, just like the people at Matrix.
Guest
Even if this link has already been mentioned in the thread, I'll put it again, because the hope that something will change at Migros dies last https://community.migros.ch/m/Forum-Migipedia/Freiland-Gem%C3%BCse/m-p/310747#M14442
Guest
We have to get used to the new stuff in our latitudes, whether we want it or not is up to the consumer. We have become accustomed to buying vegetables all year round, regardless of the weather, which was unimaginable decades ago. I think it's all a question of price. Where large quantities can be produced, like this Hors Sol, it is cheaper than organic but we dig deeper into our wallets. But I also think that organic produce is no longer what it used to be. A lot of things are made tasty and beautifully presented to the consumer, but I suspect that things look different for producers, where everything has to be cheap.
Guest
The Association of Swiss Vegetable Producers promotes hors-sol cultivation as "ecologically particularly sensible". Soil and water are conserved. In addition, fewer pesticides would have to be used.
Bernhard Schmid, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Zurich, counters this:
"Preferring hors-sol for ecological reasons is a suggestion that was probably made without an environmental impact analysis."
Martin Koller does not consider Hors-sol to be more environmentally friendly either. This is because it requires significantly more energy. Koller also points to health aspects:
"Studies show that organic tomatoes contain more secondary plant substances such as polyphenols." These are considered particularly healthy.
https://www.ktipp.ch/artikel/d/hors-sol-tomaten-teuer-und-fad