Peggy McKie at the Nevada Division of Agriculture administers the state
certification program, is pro-organic, very knowledgeable and would be happy
to answer questions, I am certain:
PAggie McKie, 688-1180, ext. 243
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Buying-Club] Re: Chat room(?)
> Dear Jeb,
>
> As to the booth at the Farmer's market...what sort of certification for
> home grown produce was she referring to? I grow vegetables by
> subscription, and according to everyone I have talked to from the
> city and county to the US dept. of Ag and there seem to be no
> regulating authority. If you want to label your produce organic, then
> you have to have state certification...but the state can't restrict you
> from telling buyers that your food was grown without inorganic
> fertilizers and pesticides, herbecides etc.
>
> ed
>
>
> From: Jeb Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Buying-Club] Re: Chat room(?)
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> Date sent: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:59:05 -0700
>
> > I'm replying to this on the buying club list, since it's related...
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:27:05PM -0700, Gayle Bowers wrote:
> > > Can you send it again? I lost it.
> >
> > A message Gayle recently sent to list was lost because of an email
> > problem (which has since been fixed). She said she would like to sell
> > some of her cut flowers at a farmers market booth for the buying club.
> >
> > I have since talked with Shirley Adshade-Sponsler, (president of the
> > Nevada Certified Farmers' Market Association), 746-5024 and she said
> > she would look in to the possibility of us having a booth for the
> > buying club and would get back to me...
> >
> > Her main concern was that an organic group at the farmers market
> > should not "put down" non-organic farmers. That is understandable,
> > and I explained that we're mainly just a cooperative buying club. I
> > also mentioned the idea of selling produce grown in community gardens
> > at our booth, and she said it was a great idea, but might be difficult
> > since we would need some level of certification for each garden.
> >
> > > Also I can't be at the farmers market on Sat. I have a community
> > > event staged, and I must attend.
> >
> > No problem... There has been little posted on the site so far though,
> > so perhaps we should send another announcement that the deadline for
> > ordering this month will be Sunday. We might also simplify the
> > OrderFormat based on the user page only. (Please don't hesitate to
> > send a message to the list if you want something, but don't have a
> > catalog to look it up, and need some help...)
> >
> > > Re: The chat room: It would actually be a message board. I had it with
my
> > > 2 Internet college courses with WNCC.
> > > It's totally informal. I guess???
> >
> > Actually, the live (wiki) site can serve as a message board now;
> > although I am working on setting up some group-ware software which may
> > provide another kind of chat later, (as well as eventually a database
> > system for entering and accounting for our orders, which should save a
> > huge amount of time and tedious/repetitive work in the long run...)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -jeb
> >
> > --
> > Jeb Bateman...
> > http://jeb.ocha.net
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