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  • From: Duane Campbell <dcamp911@juno.com>
  • To: gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Organic gardening
  • Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:47:36 -0400

Title: Re: [gwl-g] Organic gardening
 
 
On Tue, 25 May 2004 18:50:11 -0700 "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com> writes:
 
>Government standards have never been the best on anything, >regardless of the era or the administration.  Anyone who has been >involved with organics long enough has plenty of experience with >that.  Groups like Tilth and others have long set better standards.
 
It's always great good fun to bash government regulations. I've done a bit of that myself. And I must admit, thoroughly enjoyed doing it.
 
No matter what volumes of standards the government put out, some organic group or groups would object --either too restrictive or too lenient. So should we leave it entirely to private groups?
 
Let's say I form an organization called Reasonably Organic Growers Upholding the Environment. I set the standards for the group as (1) using compost, and (2) avoiding pesticides unless you really, really need them. Members of this organization can sell to grocery stores, and their produce bears a label with large red letters stating CERTIFIED ORGANIC, and in smaller print the name of the certifying organization and, of course, a web site.
 
Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea.

D
 
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