Reply.The real prblem is: we've had this history of big is better .The Nathional standards Just puts a police state into what started as a grass roots movement for human beings to connect to the earth. The problem being that so many have already been disconnected, and the average consumer hasn't a clue, that the wheel needs to be reinvented. In my opinion the whole csa thing has been sabotaged. People need to connect to the earth and they can't if it's delivered to them on a silver platter and their hands are not even dirty. How can they get it?FResh veggies ought to be local and sustainable. It"s good to have standards and connections for large scale crops like grains and beans which sustains the whole movement, in fact I do support the standards on that account. The problem as I see it is that the nathional standard works only and perhaps well. by ensuring (maybe) That at least the staples that we need for our lives can be supported by the broad consensus,I know I'm glad to be able to buy and support my neighbors and get hay, grain ect from them...... still we have a long way to go to get people connected to the land and I think that is the opposite agenda for the standards. It is to eliminate once again the small guy, and that is where vitality lie. the comsumer doesn't or has been put into such tight binds by the culture that they don't even know it. ,so there are only bigger or, just moneyed farms, My personal problems with the standards relate to turning compost, I don't, and the infinate endless paperwork, which doesn't work with a wholistic household, and the fact that you are liable to be sued if you use the word,Ogranic on your efforts and '"They "deem it that you have disobeyed there law, even though you through your ancestrial roots and 20+years of your life have created the movement (or at least played a bit part)That is the insult .. that they could fine you,.,for not obeying their laws... those who broughtto the earth chemicals, and genetic engenering. bob dylan has already said it , but still nobody's listening . What's happening here, we,re waiting for our neighbors to wake up. with all the love in my heart to all you warriors of the light .....outside of having "0" market, The person who would have to certify me, deemed folks who practice biodynamics, as those who go out at midnight and bury things, .. Is there a way to cross that bridge.? I'm asking God here and you all. There is a lot of fear and ignorance, and I am one of the ignorant ones, I'm trying my best to build bridges,:)sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: Writer's Request: Organic Industry vs Organic Movement
> Friends - > > A local paper has asked me to write a column on what the federal > organic certification rules mean to the organic movement. I'm very > interested in not missing a point-of-view on this. > > If you have criticisms of federal organic certification, particularly > point-by-point ones, and, again, particularly short-comings of the > federal certification, please pass them on to me, here or at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm also looking for 'speaking points' on alternatives to federal certification > > And personal positions on certification in general > > thanks > > -Allan Balliett > Gardening for the Future > > >
