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  • From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] "organic"
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:50:16 -0400

It's been my understanding that 'they stole our word.'

Now knowledgeable people tell me that I can legally refer to my organically grown produce as 'organic' as long as I do not say 'organically certified,' which I am not.

My question: is this true? I thought the USDA now 'owns' the word and that 'organic' legally means the same as 'organically certified by the USDA' if I use it in conjunction with produce. Since I am not USDA certified, I cannot use it.

If I could use 'organic' in my advertising, though, it would sure cut through a lot of workaround verbage.

Do you know? Who is right? Paranoid me or my new friends who say that 'organic' is just fine for a non-certified farm?

Thanks -Allan




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