[MPWG] QUESTION OF THE MONTH: Certification Schemes

[Cafesombra at aol.com]

Hi,
I would like to point out that more than 30 years of standards development  
by independent private agencies and growers, plus a "national organic standards 
 board" made up of leaders from that movement with Bob Anderson as it's chair 
 1996-2000, plus more public comment in the shortest amount of time than any  
other piece of legislation (the roadless rule has received more public 
comment  over a ten year period than any other legislation.  The national organic  
standards received over 200,000 comments in a month's time) -- that is the  
process that formed the current USDA organic standards.  No single employee  or 
agency created them, although I am sure that process and the resulting  
certifcation process were and are frustrating to many of those  involved.   The word 
"organic" itself (inadequate though it may  be) was coined by John Rodale.
 Jennifer at Sombra Buena
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/6/04 10:15:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
sustainableresources at hotmail.com writes:

The term  organic is simply a feel good 
thing for certain groups especially what we  call the yuppies. It has nothing 
to do with quality or even the way  something was produced. Grace G. ( I 
won't give her last name) was the  USDA employee who developed those  
standards.



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