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VERY interesting. So state certification boards will only be allowed to
exist as subdivisions of USDA. A further question: would it outlaw setting
up COUNTY certification programs for organic? Is there anything in the
states that the feds can't override and outlaw? Are state governments just
kept for window dressing? More than anything this all reminds me of the
Kosher scam, nothing to it, just costs more.

paul & barb - on the continental divide
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On 10/16/2002 at 10:54 AM Wiediger, Alison wrote:
>Each state certification program, if they choose to remain a certification
>program, has to "certify" (and that may not be the correct terminology)
>with
>the USDA as a USDA organic certification agent. I am not sure at this
point
>what our state (Kentucky) intends to do, but their forms, on their
website,
>appear to conform to the USDA regulations.  Depending upon cost, and
>demand,
>it may go by the wayside.  Most of the organic farms in our state are
>small,