Market Farming

["Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>]

I like authentic too, for the very reason that it isn't yet coopted.
Therefore, it will be understood as it is defined.  I think it would be neat
if, included in the explanation of what authentic is, is the information
that the terms that growers use need to change as they are coopted by
agribusiness and corporations!

                                        Jill, Wi

 I like Coleman's "authentic."  We need something to distinguish our farm
> products from the organish pap that will be produced and over processed.
>
> He spoke a few years ago in North Carolina about a European system where
stores
> posted their guidelines for buying food- what they didn't allow used.  He
said
> this system tended to disallow more and more unsustainable farming
methods, thus
> improving the quality of food.
>
> In contrast, he said that the organic standards for this country would get
> degraded over time by vested interests.  (Hey!  It's the American way!)

> Alex McGregor
> Walden Farm