[Homestead] Organic and us

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Sun Jun 4 12:35:03 EDT 2006


In a message dated 6/4/2006 10:08:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
genegerue at ruralize.com writes:

>From Gene's Article:

> But you  knew it was over  for John Kerry in the farm belt when his wife, 
> Teresa, 
> helpfully suggested to Missouri farmers that they go organic.

I wonder if the author made the connection that Heinz Co. markets more 
"organic:" [wink, nod, nudge] than any other entity in the world.


What has been happening for several years now to pave the way for WalMart to 
mass market cheap organic produce is a gradual weakening or the definition of 
'organic', not that the USDA definition isn't weak enough already.  

Back in the unshaven hippie days of organic food a pile of manure was a good 
sign and chemical nitrates were completely verboden!    Now the manure pile 
does not qualify as organic unless it is turned and mixed in a very certain 
unproductive way which is out of the reach of small producers.  Yet chemical 
nitrate is permitted since you COULD be using imported and expensive bat guano; but 
chemical nitrate produced from fossil fuel is CHEMICALLY the same thing so 
it's OK to use it (up to 20% of total nitrogen).  

Expect to see a great deal of what WalMart sells for organic to be imported.  
"Is this really organic??"  "Of course, amigo, trust me!"





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