<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Wow. These two excerpts are of particular
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Minimal agricultural practices,
such as <b>re-seeding from</b> and pruning of <b>existing plants</b> 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."
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"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."</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Penny, I suspect you submitted comments!
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-Patricia</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<br>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[MPWG] new guidelines for certified
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<br><a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090757"><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090757</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Some very progressive changes to the national
organic program wild crops certification.</font>
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