Re Kellogs and 6-hats comments:
There is a glaring omission of attempting to establish science based
sustainablility indicators. To Within eighteen months, this group proposes to
lay the groundwork for
statewide sustainable labeling. To this end, they
will invite partners from across the state to:
1) establish criteria for sustainable food labels
2) create a process to authorize labeling
3) initiate a program to educate the public about the labels
4) identify an organization to administer the labeling program once
the grant period has been completed
sounds a bit rushed to me. It is a worry. The emphasis is on getting the label
out for marketing purposes, not to get it right.
Here is the reference of a reccent article about "some prelimiary work to
construct an indicator of farm level sustainability":
Rigby, Dan et al., Constructing a farm level indicator of sustainable
agricultural practices in: Ecological Economics 39(2001) pp 463-478.
Kellog's is secondary industry. A product label re sustainability ought to also
cover sustainable secondary industry indicators, incl. social accountability
etc.
Christiane
