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  • From: lfl AT intrex.net
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Organic Certification questions
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:14:02 -0700


RDHwrote: Another way to help identify yourself is to subscribe to the American
Homestead Foods Family Farm Project. It is there to help family farmers
regain their identity to the consumers: http://www.homesteadfoods.com
From: Alex McGregor [mailto:waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com]
One of many reasons why I haven't recertified.
I've been selling my produce direct at markets and on farm this year as
"Ethically Grown", with only limited sales to a "health food supermarket"
which specializes in "organic" produce. It took some talking, but I convinced
them that I'd been around long enough that lots of people knew my name and the
farm name. They sell my high dollar stuff with the farm logo and the phrase,
"Alex McGregor, Grower." I printed them sheets with this on it to go on their
price signs. As Allison says, we're back in the education business, folks.
Perhaps we
should develop regional or state orgs. as we did for certification to pool
our time
and resources to get the word out about how we are different from "organic."
Here's a group that has been doing such for awhile:
http://www.thefoodalliance.org/
- (forwarded from the sanet-mg list) -
Date:Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:03:58 -0400<SANET-MG AT LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
From: "William B. Thomas" <wthomas AT NAL.USDA.GOV>
Bill Thomas - Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
USDA National Agricultural Library - http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/
10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705
301-504-5724 - wthomas AT nal.usda.gov - wthomas AT nal.usda.gov
-
An interesting article which recently (7/29/02) appeared in Salon...
The not-so-sweet success of organic farming
Pesticide-free, non-genetically modified food is a big, global business now. But, ironically, small farmers are getting the shaft...

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/29/organic/index.html





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