Market Farming

["RDH" <rdhopkins AT americanpasturage.com>]

Couldn't we just use the NY Times label of "better than organic" as we
didn't kill so many trees in the process of certifying?  :-)

Rick H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Liz Pike [mailto:liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:07 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [market-farming] Re: NY Times: Small Organic Farmers Pull Up
Stakes


When I sold down on the coast, I advertised as "non-certified" organic, and
then educated my customers as to why I wasn't certified, and just what the
heck "organic" really meant.  I always took my records of soil & plant
tissue tests to show no chems had been used in the growing of my produce.
It didn't take long for them to trust me, and the non-cert didn't matter to
them.

But now up here, different ballgame--new customers, new markets.  These
people don't trust me, and organics have come a long way even in just a
couple of years.  I won't even bother to say "non-cert organic" because I
protest the govmt taking that away from us.

I'd love to see a new term become available.

Liz Pike
Laughing Brook Farm
Westfield NC



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