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- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon AT mindspring.com>
- To: market-farming
- Subject: Re: market-farming digest: "Final Rule"
- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:27:05 -0500
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:07:28 -0500, "Dori Green"
<dorigreen00 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>Certification as a way to prevent fraud is useless. But it gives a good
So why bother?
>illusion of doing something to prevent fraud.
This is of no benefit to small local producers; as you say, only an
illusion.
>Fraud in the exploding "organic" marketplace is ridiculously easy. And lots
>and lots of money is involved. So it's probably also inevitable.
So why penalize the small local growers for this?
>That's why I dropped my own farm's certification and why I bring up this
Sounds like you're really convinced of the value of certification.
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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflondon AT mindspring.com
london AT metalab.unc.edu
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- Re: market-farming digest: "Final Rule", Lawrence F. London, Jr., 12/24/2000
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