Market Farming

["Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>]

All certified organic producers will be USDA certified.  They will allow
agents - third parties - companies, states, co-ops, etc -  to do the
certification.  They will be trained, and I'd guess maybe tested.  A county
cert. program could be set up, but if it was organic, it would have to be
USDA organic. I'm not sure how the labeling will work for programs that
consider themselves "over and above" the level the USDA has set. At one
time, that was not going to be allowed, but I haven't kept up with it
recently.  If there are any certifying agents on this list, they may have
more information .  Alison

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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.
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> paul & barb - on the continental divide
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