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- From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
- To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Seeds and Organic Certification
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:21:50 -0600
And, boy is that a can of worms - equivalent - what if they decide, in their
collective wisdom, that a totally inappropriate variety is 'equivalent' to a
variety that is one of our mainstays and that mainstay is not available as
organic seed? We'll just have to 'wait and see' I guess. March 2002 is a
little late for the 2002 growing season. We're buying organic seed when we
can, but it's still a small percentage of our total seed order.
Johnny's,Fedco and Territorial are doing a great job making as much
available as possible. Alison Wiediger
> From: Rob Johnston Jr.[SMTP:rob AT johnnyseeds.com]
> We stay in touch with the National Organic Program about this
> topic. The standards say that you have to use organically grown seeds
> if an equivalent variety is commercially available. How do you
> interpret that? Good question. The USDA (NOP) doesn't know, and admits
> that the language is vague. They plan to attempt to clear it up at a
> meeting in March 2002.
>
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Seeds and Organic Certification,
Wiediger, Alison, 12/12/2001
- Re: [Market-Farmers] Seeds and Organic Certification, Robert Farr, 12/12/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Seeds and Organic Certification, Del Williams, 12/13/2001
- Seeds and Organic Certification, Marcie Rosenzweig, 12/13/2001
- Re: Seeds and Organic Certification, Rob Johnston Jr., 12/13/2001
- Re: Seeds and Organic Certification, Wiediger, Alison, 12/13/2001
- Re: Seeds and Organic Certification, Joan Vibert, 12/15/2001
- Re: Seeds and Organic Certification, jay gee, 12/15/2001
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