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Re: What's Organic?
In article <960608012939_71042.2023_GHI140-3@CompuServe.COM>,
Bill Duesing <71042.2023@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>Living on the Earth, June 7, 1996: What's Organic?
>
>For more than 50 years, the name has been applied to a way
>of gardening and farming which...
>doesn't use synthetic, chemical pesticides.
>.... Any damaging
>pests are managed with non-toxic mechanical, biological or cultural methods.
. . . or *chemical* methods. I think you are well aware that there
are numerous chemical, albeit naturally-occurring (though certainly not
non-toxic), pesticides applied in
organic farming. IMHO, if you are taking on the responsibility of
informing the public, you should accept the obligation of providing
complete information. I apologize if this exclusion on your part was
unintentional.
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