Mike Weaver wrote:
In the US, all Organic means, thanks to congress, is that the labell
says Organic. It has no real value. It's to make you feel better.
SNIP
That's not completely true Mike.
Have a friend who certifies organic farms,
and tracks organic certification compliance
for a
Well, since the true meaning of the basic work organic is anything animal or
vegetable, almost any food stuff can be labelled organic.
Does the lable say Certified Organic
John
Quoting Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Mike Weaver wrote:
In the US, all Organic means, thanks to congress,
I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between - I think I'm leery of
USDA-approved because of all the loopholes - for instance your cattle
must be feed natural non-GMO, non-chemically-laded feed, unless of
course you think that's too expensive, then you can feed cattle toxic
sludge pellets and
Gotta raise your own. I know I know - cant leave syphilization and move to the
country.
Or can you?
Kirk
Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between - I think I'm leery of
USDA-approved because of all the loopholes - for instance your cattle
must
If only...
Kirk McLoren wrote:
Gotta raise your own. I know I know - cant leave syphilization and
move to the country.
Or can you?
Kirk
*/Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
I'm sure the truth is somewhere in between - I think I'm leery of
USDA-approved because of all the
In the US, all Organic means, thanks to congress, is that the labell
says Organic. It has no real value. It's to make you feel better.
Keith Addison wrote:
Some valuable detail following up on the cell phone story
This is about the most sensible thing I've seen about it so far. The
Hello Mike
In the US, all Organic means, thanks to congress, is that the labell
says Organic. It has no real value. It's to make you feel better.
So I was saying to Terry Dyke about a month ago, in a rather tortuous
discussion about Al Gore's movie, though Terry didn't agree.
But I think you
Ahhh...I should have qualified that - the *USDA Organic* label doesn't
mean anything, though of course there are people who are using it and
are organic.
Don't rely on it to mean anything when shopping, though.
-Sceptic
Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Mike
In the US, all Organic means,
What about the 'certified third-party organic' products?
What's that organization called, QAI?
John
On Apr 24, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Mike Weaver wrote:
Ahhh...I should have qualified that - the *USDA Organic* label doesn't
mean anything, though of course there are people who are using it and
Some valuable detail following up on the cell phone story
I'm an organic beekeeper.
Two things here. One, we would not be so dependent on commercial
non-native factory farmed honey bees if we were not killing
off native pollinators. Organic agriculture does not use chemicals
or crops
Some valuable detail following up on the cell phone story
This is about the most sensible thing I've seen about it so far. The Beyond Factory Farming Coalition are good folk, they talk a lot of sense about bird flu too, unlike most.
Thanks Kirk.
Best
Keith
>I'm an organic beekeeper.
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