Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:44:42 -0800
From: News Update from The Campaign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USDA Survey + Bt crop discovery
News Update From The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
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Dear News
Action Alert for Organic Standards Under
AttackI hope this posts: Last week Congress passed an
appropriations bill which overturns USDA regulations requiring all organic
livestock to be fed 100% organic feed.*Take Action - to
Protect The integrity of Organic Standards
Title: FW: [globalnews] Farm group says USDA put bad corn into feed chain, Bushies Say It's Safe Without Testing It
Farm group says USDA put bad corn into feed chain
Friday, January 24, 2003
By Reuters
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa farmers and an environmental group have charged th
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> USDA Sued to Stop GE Grasses
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> January 15, 2003
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> Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) w
use he
thought I had too many goats and some needed to go.
I was astonished to see her list as a CSA, especially so
close to Houston where 'unsuspecting' folk might actually
pay her money to grow their food.
Since then I've found a couple of farms listed but I don't
think it was thru that USDA site.
raw manure. But how do BD compost and 500 work
>together? Has anyone ever been able to analyze the process or is it too
>esoteric?
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>Allan Balliett wrote:
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>> If you're monitoring SANET or Elaine Inghams compost tea discussion
>> group, you already know that t
face
numerous times over the last 40 years and I keep in pretty good health.
best wishes,
Peter.
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From: "Gil Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Heads up: USDA Organic Rules to Im
>If you're monitoring SANET or Elaine Inghams compost tea discussion
>group, you already know that the USDA organic rules group has been
>advised to restrict the use of compost teas on food crops. This
>applies particularly to teas that use added sugars (mollasses, for
>exampl
ing SANET or Elaine Inghams compost tea discussion
> group, you already know that the USDA organic rules group has been
> advised to restrict the use of compost teas on food crops. This
> applies particularly to teas that use added sugars (mollasses, for
> example). Already, however,
Hi! Allan,
I grew up in a dairy farming family and it never occurred to us that cow shit
was dirty. I mean to say, there is nothing better to stand in, when bring the
cows in, bare foot, on a frosty morning.
Gil
excellent! ;-)
Allan wrote
Of course, this only applies to
people who are interested in receiving USDA organic certification,
Allan are you sure about this??
No, I'm not certain about it in the long run but the current dialogue
was triggered by the NOSB, or by recommendations to them AS FAR
Title: Re: Heads up: USDA Organic Rules to Impact BD Practices
Without putting to fine a point on it. Personally, I would prefer
something that came out of the back end of a cow, mixed with my food than
any thing from Monsanto.
Gil
Don't worry about that being sharp
Its as blunt
Allan wrote
> Of course, this only applies to
> people who are interested in receiving USDA organic certification,
Allan are you sure about this?? . I have asked this question several times
and got no answer from others (mainly on the ct list)
IF this applies ONLY to organic production
Hi! Allan,
I grew up in a dairy farming family and it never occurred to us that cow shit
was dirty. I mean to say, there is nothing better to stand in, when bring the
cows in, bare foot, on a frosty morning.
Gil
Allan Balliett wrote:
> Yes, Gil, I know what you mean. I'm crossing the line w
Yes, Gil, I know what you mean. I'm crossing the line with this
comment, but I find it really hard to think of the pies of healthy
cows as shit. It's seems more appropriate to think of them as piles
of grass that have through a pre-composting process. Not the same
stuff at all that my dog leav
lready know that the USDA organic rules group has been
> advised to restrict the use of compost teas on food crops. This
> applies particularly to teas that use added sugars (mollasses, for
> example). Already, however, it appears that the rule may be
> generalized to 'ban' all c
If you're monitoring SANET or Elaine Inghams compost tea discussion
group, you already know that the USDA organic rules group has been
advised to restrict the use of compost teas on food crops. This
applies particularly to teas that use added sugars (mollasses, for
example). Already, ho
What I don't understand, Markess, is how widely this information has
been distributed. There are few other examples of distorted
information being forwarded as extensively as this one has been.
(Except the email tax one, of course)
The person who posted this to BD Now! has never posted another
Title: Re: USDA Draft Action Plan for Noxious Weeds Program
My 2cents
In reading the plan I do not see the huge encumburments this writer (of the original e-mail) found.
What are his motives?
As a steward of land that is strongly impacted by several plants from nurseries
- Buckthorn
d- Jeanine
Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ted Norris"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: USDA Draft Action Plan for Noxious Weeds Program
> USDA Plans Severe Gardening Restrictions
> In this Email:
> *Direct quotes from USDA
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