Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Pego Rice <firekeeper38@yahoo.com>]

I am very glad you specified "Fair Trade".  The tests
on "organic" from Brazil, Mexico, china and the like
are often simply not organic.  Think, rather, a
well-bribed certifier.  New Zealand has better
standards, showing that you do well to check of the
report card of any overseas producer.  Big corporate
farms will always have the $$ to make those bribes
happen, while small traditional farmers and their fair
trade collectives... not so much.

I am having a hard time looking up the report card on
different countries of origin so I will have to. just
leave it at this

Yours, Pego



<<I really love my fruit plate in the AM, but local
fruit, though good, is very seasonal.  I'd feel good
about Fair Trade organic fruit from Mexico or
California when it's not available here.  I think we
could  do more to reduce the middleman's portion.>>



      
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