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Hi Rachel
Barrier H (a licensed product used for ragwort control in the UK) is
made using only natural plant derivatives from sustainable resources
and contains 22.9% Citronella Oil.
You are right, there is a large - international - movement looking for
innovative ways to use essential oils as pest & herbicidal controls,
with great success. Thanks for the information about the US side :-)
Liz.

> Dear Martin,
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> While I appreciate your valuable opinion I just wanted to provide you with an update: on my side of the planet essential oils are being used for farming quite a bit.  I have supplied plenty of farms over the years in the U.S. and Canada by the drum.  Rosemary and Peppermint Oil for a brussel sprout farmer, clove oil to a potatoe farmer, thyme oil to coat seeds as a protective agent, d-limonene for weed control, by the way it works just a good as round-up.
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> The EPA created a list FIFRA 25B,here you will find the following essential oils cedar, citronella, cinnamon, clove,garlic,lemongrass, mint, peppermint, rosemary, thyme. These ingredients are exempt from regulation at the federal level for use in farming and the creation of biopesticides.  Your head would spin if you could see all of the products being formulated off of this list.
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> A leading company in the biopesticide industry is Maroon Organics. Here is an excerpt from the Internet "We are proud to be in the biopesticide business, a crop protection category that is growing, maturing and realizing widespread acceptance in agribusiness globally," said company founder and CEO, Pam Marrone, upon making the announcement.
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> "What many don't realize is that more than 80 percent of today's biopesticides are used in conventional farming. At Marrone Bio Innovations, we are dedicated to discovering, developing and marketing products for today's and tomorrow's pest management challenges. All of our products are derived from biological, or natural, sources, and are as effective as conventional synthetic chemical pesticides."
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> So you see Martin, there is a movement away from the use of deleterious chemicals that have wreaked havoc on our planet to a more natural approach.  Since the 1950's nearly 80,000 chemicals have been manufactured in the U.S. for use in just about everything, with little or no testing.  Smart, innovative people are using things from the past to improve the way we do things in the future. I once had a business partner that poo-pooed every new idea that came across his desk because he was the "expert authority," on oils.  Needless to say we didn't see eye to eye on much of anything.  All that I can say is that there's a great big world outside of Aromatherapy.
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> Be well,
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> Rachel Markel
> Managing Partner
> www.eoilco.com
> www.eoilcolab.com
> www.GreenTerpene.com
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