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- From: "Dave Bennett" <dbennett AT micoks.net>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: organic corn (fwd)
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 6:18:00 -0500
I've seen this attitude locally among the extension folk (minus one!) and the
local Master Gardeners (minus one!). I've heard the same statements from both
groups.
("minus one" because my wife works at our County extension office & is an
active Master Gardener.)
"delannw" <delannw AT dlogue.net> wrote:
__________
>Facinating discussion here on organic sweet corn. I was told by an
>extension agent two years ago, that organic sweet corn had to have worms.
>That, he claimed, was the 'test' or expectation for organically grown corn.
>If there weren't any worms, he said, then it being organic was questioned.
>
>I was dumbfounded. Told him I didn't have worm problems in my organic
>sweet corn. He didn't believe me.
>
>Of course, that was the consistent message during the master gardener
>training sessions. The extension educators for fruits and vegetables gave
>us lots of disgusting examples of produce that was "organically grown" and
>urged us not to do it. That seems to have been toned down a bit in the last
>year.
>
>Del Williams
>Farmer in the Del
>Clifton IL
>
>
>
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Re: organic corn (fwd),
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/19/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: organic corn (fwd), delannw, 05/19/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), robert schuler, 05/19/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Dave Bennett, 05/22/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Ava Devenport, 05/22/2000
- RE: organic corn (fwd), Miller-Morgan, Megan, 05/22/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Hook Family, 05/23/2000
- RE: organic corn (fwd), Maroc, 05/23/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Hook Family, 05/23/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Bill Shoemaker, 05/23/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), robert schuler, 05/23/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Hook Family, 05/23/2000
- Re: organic corn (fwd), Leigh Hauter, 05/23/2000
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