What about the Naturally Grown Certification? Maybe it would work for this situation. http://www.naturallygrown.org/ disclaimer - I haven't read their entire site so I don't know all of the requirements. But, it might be worth a look. Lori
--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Judith Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: From: Judith Gardner <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] must haves for an organic garden? To: [email protected], [email protected], "ACGA listserve" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 10:29 AM Elizabeth, What Mike didn't mention is that it also cost $350 or so to become certified (each year). So, you might not want to even if you qualified. The way we handle that in the Grown in Detroit Co-op is that we tell people we do not use chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides, although, of course, everything is chemical (following the previous discussion on this list serve.) So, maybe this year we will switch to saying that we don't use any non-organic fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. And every one of our gardeners signs a statement to that effect, every week, as they turn in the list of what they are bringing to market. Also, last year i noticed that one of the Certified Organic Farmers who has been selling at Detroit's Eastern Market for years, has stopped being certified--although he continues the same practices. Apparently his operation is too small to be able to sustain the hassle and the expense of certification. Good growing! Judy Gardner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090226/17143315/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
