> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 07:21:21 -0800
> From: Sal <sals@rain.org>
> To: "Harris, Craig" <Craig.Harris@ssc.msu.edu>, sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu,
'Bluestem Associates' <bluestem@webserf.net>
> Subject: Re: Proposed organic cost share program
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harris, Craig <Craig.Harris@ssc.msu.edu>
> To: <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>; 'Bluestem Associates' <bluestem@webserf.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2:08 PM
> Subject: RE: Proposed organic cost share program
>
>
> > it seems to me that two things are being ignored in this catalogue of
> > problems with certification . . . .
> >
> > first, the national organic standards legislation mandates that USDA
> develop
> > a national program of standards setting and certification . . . if one has
> > disagreements with those two objectives, then one's disagreements are with
> > the legislation as passed by congress and signed by the president, not
> with
> > the USDA-ams implementation of the legislation
>
> calling a small farm $5000 is a rip off
> taking money from folks because they grow organic is a rip off
> set the standards and fine those that break the law not the honest folks
> if you come and inspect me and i am telling the truth u pay for the
> inspection if I am lying I pay and get a fine . easy
> now I pay a certifier, a inspector ,the state of Ca. etc how many pencil
> pushing bureaucrats do I have to pay off just for telling the truth and
> they all require paper work and can all charge me what they want. whats
> with that. no one can tell you what you will have to pay to be organic
> because every one charges what they want and u have to pay. it's a rip off
> there are too many folks NOW with their hands in our pockets now.
> I can't afford to give all these folks money now.
> the organic tax is a rip off.
Right on, Sal! Keep shouting it out loud and clear. There _are_
folks listening!
another organic small grower
Lawrence
Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm
http://metalab.unc.edu/permaculture
/intergarden /intergarden/orgfarm /ecolandtech
lflondon@mindspring.com london@metalab.unc.edu
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