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Re: Govt "Organic" Stds
http://sunSITE.unc.edu/london InterGarden
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, FionaNyx wrote:
> What makes me mad is:
> 1) Companies capitalizing on the reputation that has been painstakingly
> constructed without following the principles (use the name, not the spirit).
> 2) Running small organic operations out of business with the costs of
> certification.
And stealing their rightful market share outright by 2)above and
undercutting them through their ability to grow it cheaper (but not
better, necessarily) and sell it cheaper.
> If the corporations want this to happen it's going to happen. The best we can
> do is make a big stink to inform the consumers who pay attention. They can
> steal our name, but they can't have our soul...
>
> The agrobusiness corporations who are stepping into the market for organic
> products have enough money to fight indefinitely. Why waste our energy
> fighting this? Maybe it's not a bad thing for them to create a market for
> farm production that is better than a lot of what happens now. Maybe we just
> need to pick a new name for what we do so we can distinguish us from them--
> like Beyondorganic or Greenfood or Handgrown or Earthfriendly...
Labelling using the words natural, ecological,
sustainable or biointensive or use of the BuyGreen label (see info below):
Jeanne A. Nye
nyej@vt.edu
VABF Project Coordinator
BuyGreen Virginia Partnership
540 633-6633 w & fax
540 633-0089 h
BuyGreen@vt.edu
http://www.vvac.org/bgvp/bgvp.html
>
> ~~FionaNyx <Sherry Levi>
>
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