Thank You
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>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 05:45:02 EDT
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>From: EBugs <EBugs@AOL.COM>
>Subject: Re: USDA Proposed Organic Rule
>To: Multiple recipients of list OGL <OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU>
>
>At a recent conference that I attended in California, all I heard was that
>the proposed organic rule was "Dead In The Water", but this came to me today.
>
>from @griculture Online EXPRESS
>
>USDA buried in organic standards comments
>
>Do consumers want an alternative to industrialized agriculture? The vast
>number of comments received by the USDA on proposed standards seem to
>indicate this is the case. USDA has received more than 100,000 mostly
>negative comments on the organic foods proposal -- more input than the
>agency has ever received on an issue. Now the founders of Farm Aid,
>Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, have joined the huge
>chorus of voices. A statement from the musicians calls the plan "an
>assault on organic family farms." The huge number of comments is likely
>to mean no decision will be reached on the proposal until 1999.
>
><http://www.agworldwide.com/scgi/AgNews/AgNews.cgi?FNC=goDetail__ANewsinde
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>Keep those cards and letters pouring in. For those who have not yet submitted
>their 2 cents on the proposed ruling, point your browsers at
><http://www.we-2.com/popc/organic.html>http://www.we-2.com/popc/organic.html
>for an easy automated form letter to the President and dozens of
>representatives down the line.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eric W. Acosta - Director
>Biocontrol Network
>Bio-rational Alternatives for an Ever Shrinking Planet
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