>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
>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
no, sal. it's not that easy ! let me speak as a consumer, not as
a public consultant (yes, from time to time i also consume and
stop analysing and consulting).
you won't get away with that so simple. in case you acted against
organic rules i believed your statements and you cheated me ! the
usual result of a consumer would be: stay away from you FOREVER
and try his luck elsewhere. your idea is: just pay a fine and
then you are allowed a second try of cheating me. fool me once,
shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. why do you think, you can
get away with just a fine ? the system you imagine will work for you
yourself, but never under a label, because you have competors, who
will not accept, that they should stay honest and you only risk a
fine 20 or even 80% of your net gain by cheating.
so most important question:
what's your idea of the fine ???? 1000 $, 10% of your annual
income, 1/2 year of a selling ban (who will control the last
two things?) ???. and to whom do you PAY the fine ??
>the organic tax is a rip off.
stay away from from it, but also don't use the advantage of the
label as consumers understand it... every other thing is a free ride
on a train the others pay for..
> I know I am organic what did i get .....
YOU know, but that's your personal business. eat your own food,
be content with your own pure fruits, but don't expect me to
believe, what you know... you certainly would convince some dear
friends, who know you're an honest guy, but do not believe (or
know), that i from the village nearby am going to trust you
automatically.
that's exactly the problem with the word "organic". to everyone
it has a different meaning. 8 years ago we made an analysis on
food bought a) under certified labels and b) bought under the
non-regulated name "organic". while a) was almost! free of
pesticide residues, b) had about one third the levels of chemical
residues of conventional farmers. evidently one third of the
uncertified "organics" cheated consumer's assumption of what they
understood by "organic".
so if you think, you can have your way without certification,
that's ok (i'm against obligatory certification for anyone, who
uses the name organic), but don't ride the same train, others pay
for by certification. it's what i wrote long ago: if organic
growers will not find an agreement on what "biologic", "organic",
"natural", "bio-dynamic" really means for ALL, who use these
labels, you will VERY SOON run into trouble of not being able to
explain for what reasons i should prefer your products.
time will show the wiser and in my opinion it
will largely depend on how trustworthy you are on EVERY INDIVIDUAL
consumer. but anonymously selling your products won't work....
at least not here in europe. i checked it: for more than 10 years
we had a MAJOR food scandal at least every 3 months !!
trust from the consumers to an anonymous producer ? forget it !!!
klaus
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