Certification should be either less expensive and less time consuming for
the grower or the small grower exemption should be no less than $35,000
gross annual income. This will _keep_ small organic (natural) growers in
business and on the landscape. The NOSB should seriously consider upping
the exemption for the smallest growers. After all, one person, growing
using manual labor only, can only do so much and make only so much money.
The current cost of certification is way too expensive.
LL wrote:
>> I think I'll label my produce Naturally Grown (w/o synthetic pesticides
>> and fertilizers).
> No sorry I think the USDA owns that word too. I am trying to get a list of
> all the words we are no longer able to use if we farm organic and don't pay
> off all these people. But I think that naturally grown w/o synthetic
> pesticides and fertilizer is a no no and if one of the organic Gestapo hear
> you saying such things at a farmers market even wispier it (no matter if it
> is true ) you are in deep do do. If fact you better not let any of your
> customers in CSA think your grow naturally . You don't understand they own
> all the words. It is free speech but they own the words . and you thought
> free speech meet it was going to be free . It is like one of those big
> business take overs . you know the big fish just eat the small fish and
> the little fish try to get away. Except this time it is big government
> just taking over the organic growers and organic growers dont make a move
> unless you pay the USDA and all the other parasites and now you have to
> bow down to the golden calf saying "t is you oh Great USDA that is making
> me organic not God. it is your rules I will follow ,it is your ring I will
> kiss. salami salami baloney
Sal, that is priceless! Humorous but true.
I can't believe "they" (USDA?) will disallow use of terms other than
Organically Grown.
I will use Naturally Grown as I please. If the Organically Grown Gestapo
(oxymoron), choose to take issue with that. so be it. I've had a
KKK sign hung on my driveway gate (guess they thought I was one of those
hippie organic farmers - you know, they take after their patron Uncle
Adolf & go after minorities & others they can label as "the enemy" w/o
too much thinking) and I can handle the 'OGG's too.
All in good humor.
Lawrence
--------------------------------------------------------------
Lawrence F. London, Jr. - InterGarden - Venaura Farm
mailto:london@sunSITE.unc.edu - mailto:llondon@bellsouth.net
http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGarden
http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGarden/permaculture.html
--------------------------------------------------------------