Hi, This is great news but lets
not get excited--all it has done at this stage is buy us some time, I have
posted the following letter to those I know are using compost tea in New Zealand
and Australia and ask that you all read it put the same challenge out to all you
contacts/cilents
this gives us time to get the info from the widest
possible range of operations and supply those that will carry the weight to the
committee with some real fire power!!
the letter;(it included Elaines post)
Hi ,
This is stage one ---we must use our season
here in NZ and Australia to collect some good data.
Get your teas tested for human pathogens and keep
the data --we can forward a summary of this in 3-4 months to those in the states
that can forward the case for all.
the best option (for those in the north Island
NZ) for this that I could find is
Rotorua District Council Environmental
Laboratory
ph 07--3479373
Talk to Dianna or Ken Thomas.
make sure you say soilfood web compost tea--I have
had discussions with them and they are already testing there own compost and
vermicaste for ecoli etc.
They will supply sterile bottles for the
tea.
For all others try your local government health
officer and they will tell who to use or hunt around.
use the teas -use the testing of both SFW
and general lab and monitor what you are doing--the battle might be
over but the war to retain the use of compost teas is far from---we can not
afford to lose this product!!
regards Bill Quinn,
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