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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> Jennifer at Sombra Buena</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/6/04 10:15:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
sustainableresources@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The term
organic is simply a feel good <BR>thing for certain groups especially what we
call the yuppies. It has nothing <BR>to do with quality or even the way
something was produced. Grace G. ( I <BR>won't give her last name) was the
USDA employee who developed those
<BR>standards.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>