Chris, You said:
'In Switzerland, the organic standards are still intact and the market share of genuine organic is Europe's largest, but the cheap imports are creeping in, making domestic food unprofitable to produce.' ' "Free Trade" is so destructive.' Don't you mean " cheap imports are creeping in, making domestic food profitable to produce thereby providing better food at cheaper prices." Of course the bourgeoisie had to tighten their belts a smidgen and we can't have that, can we? Harry ******************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Relabeling organic.... > I take this short editorial from this morning's NY Times to be further > evidence of the extent to which big business has seized control of the > US government. Barry Sadly, the EU isn't much better. It can be argued that the EU "organic" label has destroyed organic farming in Germany, the EU's biggest market for organic produce. Small farms that had converted to organic then had to convert back or go out of business. In Switzerland, the organic standards are still intact and the market share of genuine organic is Europe's largest, but the cheap imports are creeping in, making domestic food unprofitable to produce. "Free Trade" is so destructive. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
