Re: Organic certification
sal (sals@rain.org)
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 05:52:11 -0800
That is such a good point and I often here that worry . Thanks for bring
that up Jim and Jenni and I agree .I think the law is right in setting a
mim. standard as to what organic has to be and let the certifier have
their own label and any added rules that they want to make for their
organization and their members and their customers with their label . I
see no harm in letting the gov set a definition of organic and we proudly
keeping our certifiers label and added standards also . If the certifier
does something we do not like we can pick another certifier but the law
is the law .There should be a mim. standard law so everyone can feel
confortable. After all the whole idea is to give the customer as much
information as we can about what is in the food and how we produce it and
how we pick our certifier will produce that result . And it is not just
those that buy the food but we have to protect mother earth ,our drinking
water and our washing water and the air etc. We have to move on and
upward and this law should not hold us back. You should be able to say I
am organic and also chose to be say CCOF or BD because of their ideals .
I am not more organic than the next guy but I also choose this and that
beside being organic. And want to let the customer know about it . It
is not that one is more organic it is that one can be organic and move
on. This will stop any gov. or UN from diluting our ideals and certifiers
and the customer and the earth will be the winner as we can inform them
of what is use to grow their food. After all the whole idea of the
<bigger>is to give the customer information</bigger> right unlike how the
USDA has be run in the past. We want to inform they want to make up
words and fool the people and hide information from the customer of what
is in their food and we want to inform the customer and give them<bigger>
as much information as we can</bigger> so they may make a wise choice.=20
Big difference and this law should not stop us from doing that. If the
idea of us jumping through hoops and paying fees is to inform the
customer than don't hold us back by taking away our labels. . I want
my CCOF label that I have been working on for over a decade and not some
USDA label . Maybe I will put a little USDA stamp in the corner if I
have too but I should be free to inform the customer how I grow the food
and should not let the governments hold me back by limiting the amount of
information I want to provide. Only by keeping our certifiers label and
letting them have the right to grow can we stop those that wish to dilute
the work we are doing. =20
=20
>The way I see it, the new standards are so much lower; they are only a
step
>above chemical grown crops - that's not saying much. The federal
organic
>standards will not allow a private certifying agency to certify to a
higher
>standard than the federal level. This leaves no way to differentiate
between
>the chemical grower doing the bare minimal to reap the higher profits,
and
>the true organic grower who bends over backward to produce healthy
food.
>
>Jenni
>
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