All of these labellings are confusing to me. As a consumer, I like to support our local farmers, community gardens (some areas have regs that CG can't make profit from the produce) and local food growers and distributors. Therefore, I get most of my fruit and veggies from Farmer's Market. They just taste so much better and so fresh. I've bought veggies and fruits that are labeled USDA certified organic, but they are grown in South America, Asia and other countries hundreds and thousands of miles away. Honestly, even though they are labeled organic, they just don't taste the same as the ones that I get from our local farmer's market. I am wondering, other than farmer's market, are there examples where grocery stores or supermarkets get their produce from local producers? I know there is Whole Food. However, their prices are much higher than the Farmer's Market. Well, they do have to make a profit, since they have employees, and a permanent store. I guess. However, so do the producers.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao Tzu “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” - Winston Churchill ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Mike McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike McGrath <[email protected]> Subject: [Community_garden] Selling organic produce To: "Elizabeth Leipold" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 8:44 AM That's somewhat different. But as I said earlier, there is a $2500 break point. The NOSB (federal) standards state that you can use the words "organically grown" on signage and labels if you plan to sell less than $2500 worth of produce in a given calendar year. (And, of course, follow the rules of the NOSB standards, which are posted on the Internet.) If you go over that amount (or know you will) you must either apply for and receive official certification, which is somewhat expensive, and I would imagine, a nightmare to qualify in a community garden, where someone might go "Oh this isn't a chemical! This Sevin I'm spraying on everything is a combination of seven natural ingredients! My neighbor's cousin' friend said so..." * The smart money would say to keep it under $2500. If that's not your goal, you can use terms like "no spray", "chemical free" and such. Some growers who feel they can't afford official certification use those and similar terms to describe their organic--but not certified--operations. Good luck! ----McG * true story by the way; listeners have said this exact thing to me more than once. Same for Miracle-Gro and round-Up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Leipold" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:01 AM Subject: [Community_garden] must haves for an organic garden? > i forgot to metion that we are going to be selling at the local farmer's > market. preference is given to organic growers. > > thanks > > -- Elizabeth Leipold > Mindful Practices > mindfulpracticesyoga.com > [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090226/5b314279/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 > > _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090226/fcea6611/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
