Mother Earth News Dec 2001 This months Mother Earth News reminded me of the some of the original issues. Lots of articles to empower individuals and identify areas of cooperation. My favorite was by Eliot Coleman.
Eliot claims we (in the USA) have lost the word organic and need a new word. As defined by the USDA the term organic no longer cares about the land or the animals being grown. His new word is: AUTHENTIC and he provides a definition. It goes like this: * locally grown * growers sell only their crop and not trucked in food * grower open for inspection * soil care * natural pest control * pasture/natural animal care. * nutritional content of food important Radical stuff if you are only interested in profit. For the rest of us this looks close to the origional intent of organic. jeff
