[MPWG] new guidelines for certified organic wild crops
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Mon May 9 11:14:12 CDT 2011
Wow. These two excerpts are of particular interest...
"Minimal agricultural practices, such as re-seeding from and pruning of
existing plants or the removal of non-native species, along with the
sustainable harving of the wild crops may be employed and, in some cases,
even required by other jurisdictions to support the long-term cviability
of the habitat."
"Section 205.200 states that production practices must maintain or improve
the natural resources of an operation under organic certification...[which
also applies to wild-certifed crops]. Unmanaged, untrained and uninformed
harvesting of wild products from a wild habitat without maintaining or
improving the natural resouces can disqualify the wild products from
organic certification."
This seems to be a more pragmatic approach that address two important
concerns about ecologically-appropriate activities: It recognizes that
good stewardship practices don't relegate an otherwise wild resource to
being a "crop." It also "allows" the harvester to preserve and promote
conservation of local germplasm.
Penny, I suspect you submitted comments!
-Patricia
Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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[MPWG] new guidelines for certified organic wild crops
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090757
Some very progressive changes to the national organic program wild crops
certification.
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