Don't bother trying to imitate the folly of the broader organic
industry in the US, much of which sought an ego-boost in the form of
government legislation recognising organics. The resulting boondoggle
may yet make it into the annals of history as the biggest and most
domineering bureaucracy ever developed for such a marginal segment of
an industry.
Looking for acknowledgement from extension and land grants seemingly
repeats the same errors, albeit on a smaller scale. If you've got an
interested and cooperative ag rep / extension agent, great. If not,
don't waste your time.
Darrell Norton, director of the USDA's National Soil Erosion Research
Laboratory at Purdue, put it very succinctly --- " A lot of extension
people stop learning when they finish their degrees." [Wisconsin
Agriculturalist, May 1998]
Bart
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