Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Pumpkin Lady <pumpkin@xanadoo.com>]

yarrow@sfo.com wrote:
> AFAIK, certified organically grown food is not allowed to have any 
> GMOs. I assume GMOs have crept into just about everything else. (

That's true...except they are allowed a percentage of residuals and 
stuff just like you're allowed to have a percentage of foreign matter in 
nearly anything. So, yeah, it has less GMO stuff in it...but there 
really isn't any guarantee there isn't a little residue.  So, chocolate 
with GMO soy lecithin can be certified organic because the soy lecithin 
is less than the percentage to exclude it from Organic Certification. 
Fun eh? :~(

Also, then you have to find a place that HAS something that is certified 
organic. That may be very easy where you live...or very hard. It's very 
hit and miss here. I live in GMO central. They don't talk about GMO, but 
even health food stores have only a small selection. Sometime the local 
"market place" grocery store has a better selection of Certified organic 
stuff just because their buyer, who is based elsewhere, decided the 
chain should carry a particular brand and that brand happens to be 
organic certified.

Morgan