[compost_tea] Re: Re:... soil chemistry facts & USNOP

From: Kirk Leonard <kirk_at_oregonatural.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:51:16 -0700
Doc E et al:

> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:39:31 EDT
> From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: more on soil chemistry facts & USNOP
>
> Talk to Tina and Hendrikus about applying pressure, ok?
>
> They can talk to a couple of the NOSB folks.
>
> Elaine R. Ingham

Done.  Thanks for the suggestion.  How do we get to the rest of NOSB, and
better yet USNOP?  Anyone have any further insights?  It is imperative that
we get NOP at least out of the way of compost tea development and not allow
them to disallow it as an organic practice (which they have tried to do).

The CTTF report is done.  A good report with do-able if awkward
recommendations, which could be better, yes.  We can comment on that twice
more, officially, when NOSB has adopted and NOP have spoken.  Seems we're in
never-ever-certifiable-land otherwise.

Why is it not on the NOSB's October agenda?   It was done last April, and on
prior agendas. Pardon my bluntness, but we need to get it onto the agenda to
out these sometimes senseless rawmanureheads.

USDA should be funding compost tea research, but short of that, they should
definitely get out of the way.  They have invented a problem which has not
been observed in the real world and need to be brought to the table and task
on that.

If anyone has any comments or questions on why I am so strident on this,
please speak up.

Kirk

PS: Doc can't do this because she had her piece in formulating the CTTF
report (used to be at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nosb/meetings/CompostTeaTaskForceFinalReport.pdf.
If it's not there anymore please let us know), but the rest of us can submit
comments on it anytime (NOW is a good time) to NOSB.crops_at_usda.gov.  Take it
in.  Good short read even if you're not moved to comment.  More comments
mean more USDA attention, though, and we want their attention, hmm?



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