The above statement is something I have been wondering about for awhile. It
seems clear that the USDA organic standards are nothing more than a
marketing tool for large agri-business. Well what do we have now Large
agri-business and The organic groups. So if the new USDA standard are
unexceptable to the organic groups (which about 20+ years ago the
unexceptable farming practices of conventional farms lead to the organic
movement) simply remain "a group" it appears unfortunately the word organic
might be stolen but we could be "some other word" Easier said than done of
course to let the general public know which food it which. Guess what I am
saying is if all the people now involved in the organic movement: farmers,
consumers, health food stores simply refuse to bend to the pressure wouldn't
conventional farming still be them and organics still be us with very little
changed (besides the headache of getting definitions smoothed out).
Thank-you, Beth CSA Farmer
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