From WIEGAND@lufa-sp.vdlufa.de Wed Sep 22 12:31:10 1999 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:10:57 +0200 From: Klaus Wiegand To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re:IFOAM; Organics and competent leadership -Reply hello, ronald >In Mexico, we have certainly had our share of European colonialist >attitudes in organics, especially as we try to create a Mexican >national certification system and stop having to pay foreign >inspectors $300-$800 per day. you might be interested in a mail from sci.agriculture: ----------------- Subject: Soil Association Report From: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:08:06 +0100 The Soil Association (in the UK) has produced a report "The Threat to the Organic Meat Market from Increased Inspection Charges" written by Robert Kennard and Richard Young. These two have done sterling work and the report absolutely shreds the Meat Hygiene Service, the Government in general and MAFF in particular. I must admit that this one report is good enough to get me to forgive the Soil Association for it's occassional "Holier than thou" attitude. I got my copy by telephoning 0117 929 0661. The fax number given is 0117 925 2504 and it even has an email address given as info@soilassociation.org This is the sort of document you want to read and then stand over your MP while he/she/it reads it and squirms. ---------- sorry, no further information.... klaus To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail