Truths are often easier to recognize than solutions. As a second generation
organic grower, I remember the purity of the pioneer days of the modern
organic movement (though I was very young.) I am of the (probably unique?)
opinion that it is time to stop bemoaning our well-intentioned mistake in
seeking government protection, learn from it, and start over.
Community Supported Agriculture is not only a great marketing method, but is
built upon that trust of one's local clientele that you mentioned, rather than
upon "the word".
As for the word "organic," it was always a source of some confusion and even
ridicule (from those who only seemed to know about the definition of the word
in chemistry) anyway. What about setting in motion an inquiry for a
grass-roots consensus on a "new name" to replace the "organic" label-- one
that will forever remain the property of the grass-roots growers who really
know more about the subject than the government? After all, there
is a lot in a name.
Might there be an even better word out there that was just waiting for the
right opportunity to surface? Couldn't we turn this apparent tragedy into an
overwhelming advance for ecologically-correct farming?
Ian A. Jones
Voice of Nature Foundation
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Re: [Re: Organic Standards],
Voice of Nature, 11/01/1998