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  • From: "jay gee" <jgj23 AT mindspring.com>
  • To: "Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org" <Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] NYT Article: Weakening of Organic Standards
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:12:10 -0800 (PST)

The following appeared in the New York Times Online
early Friday morning.

Here is the headline, first paragraph and a link.

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Weakening of Organic Standard Is Considered

February 14, 2003
By MARIAN BURROS

Buried within the $397 billion spending bill passed last
night by Congress is a provision that would permit
livestock producers to certify and label meat as "organic"
even if the animals had been fed partly or entirely on
conventional rather than organic grain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/14/politics/14ORGA.html?ex=1046206425&ei=1&en=82002bb8c6f8ae59
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Unfortunately, it looks like our projections for the
future of "Organic" are proceeding without delay.


Jay Gee
not a farmer - but interested in farming




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