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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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