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  • From: "Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Fw: [Market-Farmers] Seeds and Organic Certification
  • Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:38:15 -0800


oops, too many r's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>
To: <Market-Farmers AT yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <market-farmering AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-Farmers] Seeds and Organic Certification


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT hart.k12.ky.us>
> To: "'market farming'" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>;
> "'Market-Farmers'" <Market-Farmers AT yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:02 AM
> Subject: [Market-Farmers] Seeds and Organic Certification
>
>
> I, too am in a quandry. My plan last season was to save as much seed as I
> could for the following season. But I became ill during that time and
> wasn't able to do that. Now as I look at the catalogues, I see that 99%
of
> the varities I am use to growing will not be organic.
>
> I had made a decision early last year that I would not become organic the
> following season, but then I was asked to sit on the Organic Advisory
Board
> for Washington state. I felt I couldn't complain and rant against
something
> I had an opportunity to put in my two cents worth for the small acreage
> farmer. So here I sit.......
>
> What I have decided to do in the two days that I have been mulling it over
> is to purchase the varieties I am use to growing. I can't label that
> product organic, I'll use something else. My sign that hangs on my
canopy
> will need to be changed I think to reflect both the organic and whatever
> other term I decide upon. I know I won't see a change in income from
this.
> My customers are a very loyal group and with a little explanation they
will
> concurr I am sure.
>
> The only impact I see is one of record keeping. It will mean I will have
to
> keep track of just the organic product so that I can report it on my
> certification application the following year. The result of this will be
> less fees for me to pay, and less income the department will take in. If
> enough people did that the impact would be very noticable to the pencil
> pushers and perhaps some of these rules may become more logical.
>
> After all money talks.
>
> Michaele
> Growing Things
> Carnation Wa
>
> of us on
> > this listserv - do we certify organic or do we not ? We are hoping that
>
>
>





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