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Re: Organic Foods Production Act Implementation
If all the certifiers are going to be the same why don't they just regulate
the certifiers or licensed them and say every one that sells organic has to
be certified. The certifiers already have inspectors and already are set up
to handle the paper work. They may have to pass a test to see if they know
the law. And loose their licensed or get find if they don't do their job.
Why make a farmer do paper work for the certifier,the state and the fed.gov
and pay them a extra tax when there is just one level of organic. If a
certified inspector gets my paperwork and says I'm organic according to the
fed law why should I also have to pay the state and the feds.for the same
darn thing. I thought they just wanted to know if I am organic I didn't
think they wanted to scock it to me. Tell us what organic is and certifier
the certifiers. Stop the Ca. State organic tax, stop fed organic tax. I
should not have to pay extra money because I farm organic or be taxed for
what I do not use on my land. Keep it at the local level. Because all
certifiers have to be licensed and follow laws and the laws are the same
(organic is organic )the market place will control the prices these
inspectors will get . Anyone that passes the test and puts up the money can
be an organic farm inspector just like it is now. Farmers will only have to
deal with the gov. certified inspector and if they say your are organic your
are organic. There is only one level of farming organic . the inspectors
handles the paper work and that way because the law is the same ,the
inspector would be the check and balance we need and be the one to tell me
if I am organic. yeah certified licensed inspectors . I mean how many
people does it take to see if someone is organic. Daaaa how many gov.
agencies does it take to tell an organic farmer if he is organic. Daaaa let
me see the certifier says I'm organic now and charges me money and the state
says I'm organic and they charge me money do I really need the Fed. gov to
tell me I'm am organic. I can tell they don't trust me but it looks like
they do not trust each other. I think the STANDARDS Boards'
>FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
>Adopted June 1-4, 1994, in Santa Fe, New Mexico looked fair. Could some one
please post the final Standards so we the people can know what organic
means. I see organic milk in the stores now and organic meat and veg. etc
today . What does that mean? I was hoping organic milk means no injections
of hbgh but what does organic milk mean. What is the standard? Where is the
fed. standard posted so we can read it?
An Organic farming homepage
http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html
sals@rain.org
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