>
>Just got a scarry letter and form from Mr. Ed Williams,
Supervisor/State
>of California/Fruit, Vegetable and Egg Quality Control Branch/1220 N
>Street, Room A-447/Sacramento, CA 95814
>
>Saying that Unless wee small farmers pay up we are going to have our
>local farmers' markets ripped out from under us. That "in order for
the
>certification/enforcement program and certified producer exemptions
from
>commercial packaging, labeling, and sizing requirements to continue,
>adequate funding for the State program must be obtained".
>
><<snip>>
Reply:
>I hate to say this but - I tried very hard to sound the alarm
regarding this type of thing - that the danger of OFPA goes far beyond
the GMO's, the sewage sludge and the irradiation. (I even suspected
those were thrown in as a tactical distraction - which is assuming
there is method behind the madness - intelligent life out there).
>
>ORGANIC CERTIFICATIONS SHOULD <underline>NOT</underline> BE
OBLIGATORY, and arriving at a consensus regarding a national standard -
and legal definition - does not require that.
<<snip>
This is not Organic Certification. These are California Certified
Farmers Markets. A CFM is a location approved by the county
agricultural commissioner where farmers offer for sale only those
agricultural products they grow themselves.. The grower may or may not
grow organically. The trade off is that stuff sold at these market s
is, as stated above, exempt from "commercial packaging, labeling, and
sizing requirements".
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Kathy Brunetti
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