NEEM OIL Natural Pest Control.....

The Neem Tree - A living legend

The Neem Tree is considered to be one of the most promising trees of the 21st century. It has great potential in the fields of Pest Management, Environmental Protection and Medicine. It is believed to help control diseases like Malaria, Cancer and AIDS, combat desertification and deforestation, reduce excessive global temperature through it's gentle but effective means of controlling pests and plant disease. To generations of Indians, neem was known to provide protection from disease - therefore protecting and planting Neem was not only considered a sacred duty - but it was encouraged by religious sanction. Neem is a tropical tree with wide adaptability and is especially suited to semi-arid conditions. Currently it is grown in many Asian countries and in the tropical regions of the western hemisphere. Ours is imported directly from India and OMRI listed.

Fruit of the Neem Tree

People say they use it for:

• Crop Pests
• Flea Control
• Making Shampoo
• A Leaf Polish
• Blood sucking pest deterrent
• Pests of stored products are said to be effected
• They use it as a fungus barrier on leaves of plants
• Dormant spray oil
• I add it to Our Natural Pet Soap
• Oiling the handles of rakes, shovels and garden tools
  • To prevent chafing and preserve the wood and soothing your poor tired hands

Disclaimer: The USDA is in bed with the chemical companies and prtoects them against competiton and because of that they do not allow us or anyone to recommend Neem Oil for any agricultural purpose so any use you have for it or some one tells you about is empiracle evidence only and no guarantees of efficacy for any purpose are given by us or the manufacturer. What we do guarantee is that this product we sell is 100% neem oil from India and is OMRI listed. See the interview below right.

Application Rates and Mixing MIX: 1.5 teaspoons per quart of *warm water, or one ounce per gallon, plus 1/4 teaspoon of glycerine or castile soap per quart of water as an emulsifier. Click the Blue links to buy some at New England Natural.com, our twin site. APPLICATION: Spray the diluted solution generously on all leaf surfaces, puddles of standing and stagnant water and spray the undersides of the leaves. Bugs like to hide their during the day. The same solution can be used to water the plants. Tip: You can add Garlic Barrier or Mosquito Barrier to it to increase it's effectiveness as an insect repellent. Don't use repellents on plants during bloom as they will keep the bees away and reduce the pollination of your crop. *These are oils. Warm(not hot) water and periodic shaking of the mix will keep them in solution better. Mix only as much as you need at any one aplication.

Understanding Biopiracy

The following is an excerpt from a television interview you can view by clicking here. VANDANA SHIVA

PAUL SOLMAN: To Shiva, by contrast, intellectual property is often piracy by the rich from the rest of us. Take the neem tree for example, N-E-E-M.

: It's called the village pharmacy in India. It can be used for hundreds of things.

PAUL SOLMAN: People brushing their...

VANDANA SHIVA: We brush our teeth with it. We use it for skin treatment. It's even used as a contraceptive, the oil. We use the oil for lighting, but we also use the oil for therapeutics. It's ayurvedic medicine. It's -- it's wonderful to get rid of pimples. It's the magic treatment.

PAUL SOLMAN: Wait a second. This is...I think you're selling me a bill of goods here.

VANDANA SHIVA: No, but it is.

PAUL SOLMAN: The magic neem tree? I mean...

VANDANA SHIVA: It is. It is magic.

PAUL SOLMAN: Magic enough, anyway, to make an organic pesticide from neem seed oil.

When the infamous union carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leaked poison gas in 1984, killing thousands, Shiva asked herself a question.

VANDANA SHIVA: Why should people die for horrible toxic pesticides, when we have wonderful trees, like neem, which give us pest control?

And I started to plant trees. I started to distribute neem to farmers, train them. And then, in 1994, I find a patent held by W.R. Grace. Well, Grace claims to have invented the neem, invented the use of neem for biopesticide.

So, we challenged a patent held jointly by them and the United States Department of Agriculture. We fought that case 11 years. We won it. But this was a case of biopiracy.

See more of this interview from The News Hour on PBS with Vandana Shiva