Dear Frank, I like what you say, though I'm likely to be more critical than you are about the NOSB and their "lack of transparancy" as you call it. As far as I can see the NOSB hasn't helped many of the very people like myself who have pioneered the organic movement and it HAS been very helpful to industrial interests. Truthfully, since they are a government creation I don't expect anything else. And I don't expect the government to be helpful in taking responsibility for our own work. They may very well interfere.
Nevertheless, I'm 100% behind you on policing ourselves and seeing that we set high standards in both compost making and in compost tea brewing. That is very much needed. If we do that we take the wind out of the sails of government regulation, which I doubt will ever be a true friend. While I'm not personally worried about getting the feared E. coli, I want every assurance that eating anything I grow will be safe for everybody who eats it. Best, Hugh Lovel Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
