[MPWG] Findings: Polish Production of Hamamelis virginiana

[MoonBranch Botanicals]

As a producer of raw botanicals I do find that interesting, and a bit disturbing.

In your opinion do you believe this speaks to a "miss-identification of species" issue or to bogus USDA NOP certification issues?

Thanks for the research and please keep me posted if you learn more as I believe this is probably not an isolated occurrence in the industry, probably not by a long-shot.

All the best, 
Robin

-----Original Message-----
>From: Goods From The Woods <penny at pinenut.com>
>Sent: Jul 29, 2009 4:49 PM
>To: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: [MPWG] Findings: Polish Production of Hamamelis virginiana
>
>I thought the results of my research on certified organic witch hazel 
>production of interest.
>
>Poland has no Hamamelis virginiana production.  Poland does have  1700 
>hectares of hazel nut production.
>
>Draw your own conclusion about "certified organic witch hazel" from Poland.
>
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