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[compost_tea] Re: NOP and CT
My letter from the NOP says that CT is allowed but MUST be treated as
raw manure. I posted it under files on this list.
tomj
--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb@a... wrote:
> I am very behind on my reading of the CT list, but I was reading a
note from
> Kirk of Oregon Natural, where he said that CT was not allowed by
the NOP.
>
> There are individuals who say CT is not allowed, but they have no
back-up to
> say that. There is no written statement to that effect by the
NOP. Thus,
> the position of CT not being allowed is not a defendable one by any
certifier
> making a statement that CT is not allowed.
>
> Any organic person who wanted to could challenge their certifier,
and the
> certifier could not support their position. Therefore, CT use is
allowed.
>
> When someone you know says someone else says that CT is not
allowed, please
> have them tell you who said that, when, and in what circumstances.
I'll call
> the person up and try to track down who is spreading the rumor that
CT is not
> allowed.
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand
>
> "Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn
out well,
> but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense, no matter
how things
> turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech
Republic
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