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  • From: Toby Hemenway <hemenway@jeffnet.org>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Subject: Re: [permaculture] Hierarchies and certification..
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:38:08 -0700

On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 12:46 PM, John Schinnerer wrote:

I won't likely be able to drop by the farm of most who are selling through
centralized certification, unless they just happen to farm nearby...and if
they do, I can know them and what they're doing and the certification is
irrelevant.

Though I know some local growers, when I go to a farmer's market and my buddies are out of the stuff I want, it's a comfort to see another stand labeled "certified organic." Other stands may say,"no spray," and I saw one yesterday that said "certified all-natural," whatever the hell that means (strychnine is natural!), but I'll go to the ones certified organic. Part of this is that I know the certification body, and that would be equally true in permaculture. If it got beyond that scale, it would be time to rethink it.

Toby





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