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- From: Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Organic Certification questions
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:38:54 -0400
One of many reasons why I haven't recertified.
I've been selling my produce direct at markets and on farm this year as
"Ethically Grown", with only limited sales to a "health food supermarket"
which
specializes in "organic" produce. It took some talking, but I convinced them
that I'd been around long enough that lots of people knew my name and the farm
name. They sell my high dollar stuff with the farm logo and the phrase, "Alex
McGregor, Grower." I printed them sheets with this on it to go on their price
signs.
As Allison says, we're back in the education business, folks. Perhaps we
should
develop regional or state orgs. as we did for certification to pool our time
and
resources to get the word out about how we are different from "organic."
Here's
a group that has been doing such for awhile:
http://www.thefoodalliance.org/
Now, all of you, get back to work! ;>)
--
Alex McGregor
Walden Farm
-
Organic Certification questions,
Chris Sawyer, 07/17/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Organic Certification questions, wiediger, 07/17/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, Alex McGregor, 07/17/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, sunnfarm, 07/17/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, OakCamp2, 07/17/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, RDH, 07/18/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, Willie McKemie, 07/18/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, Alex McGregor, 07/18/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, RDH, 07/21/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, lfl, 07/30/2002
- Re: Organic Certification questions, Rick Williams, 07/30/2002
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