[MPWG] Organic Comments - Certification, cont'd

[mangodance]

pankaj oudhia wrote:
> The herbs produced by the mother nature is ORGANIC ? I feel we should 
> change the word as NATURAL atleast for medicinal herbs.Continue the word 
> ORGANIC for agricultural produces.
>  
> NATURAL products are far superior than the ORGANIC.

I know what you're trying to get at...but "natural" has been co-opted by 
corporate marketing.  It no longer means anything.  Everything is now 
touted as "natural".  Strychnine is natural...just not desirable.  How 
to distinguish?  I still lean towards "wildcrafted".  However, 
fly-by-nighters denude areas of material, and may collect roadsides and 
other undesirable places.  So...what is an acceptible distinction?