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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ah, there’s the difference then. I’ve
seen “organic, wildcrafted” herbs and I’ve seen “certified organic” herbs, but
I’ve seldom (if ever) seen “certified organic, wildcrafted” herbs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Alan Trachtenberg, MD, MPH, Research Director,</span></font><font
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</span></font><font color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
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</span></font><font color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
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</span></font><font color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Phone: 301-443-0578; fax: 301-443-5685</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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MPWG-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:MPWG-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Cafesombra@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 08, 2004
11:38 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [MPWG]
"organic" wildcrafting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Organic certification applies only to the applicants'
lands. Necessary documentation includes a farm management plan among
other things. You cannot sell products widcrafted on uncertified lands as
organic. You can sell products as organic if they are widlcrafted on
a certified farm and if those products are included in your
documentation. This is true first of all, because of the point you make
here, and second of all, because organic agriculture is a movement, not merely
a set of procedures and market niche.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In a message dated 7/8/04 7:41:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Alan.Trachtenberg@ihs.gov writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>But if you’re wildcrafting on non-private land, how do you know (or
how can you guarantee) that no substances have been applied while you weren’t
watching? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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