Hi all, This is the e-mail exchange between Merla and Fred Kirschenmann
> At 04:47 PM 1/24/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Dear Dr. Kirschenmann:
> >
> >My Biodynamic list/serve is having a discussion on the sustainable
> >label and we found the W. K. Kellogg Initiative
I e-mailed Fred Kirschenmann yesterday and got a reply this morning which
required a reply from me. As soon as I get another answer from him,
I will put the whole correspondence on the list. What he said was
that it was just a proposal and that if I looked at the Leopold Center
website I would
Good to hear that there are some well intentioned folks
involved. Bottom line is, all good and moral additional
requirements aside, they are not "organic" - they still use
poisons. Niman Ranch "natural" meat is good, better by
far than the factory farmed crap, but they still use poisons. There
I'm familiar with some of these groups. The
Leopold Center is currently headed by (BD farmer) Fred Kirschenmann. They
do good work. Practical Farmers of Iowa is an accurate term for their
organization. The Food Alliance is an "eco-label" that isn't necessarily
organic, but has some requi
Here's a great x-post related to this topic from Eliott Coleman (of
course, maybe I've been scammed!) - Allan
Status: U
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:43:55 -0500
Subject: [market-farming] "Authentic" food
To: "Market Farming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "eliot coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
List-Unsubs
At 03:43 PM 1/24/2002 -0800, you wrote:
PROPOSED PARTNERS:
Wallace Foundation (Lewis, Iowa)
Practical Farmers of Iowa
Leopold Center
The Food Alliance (Portland, Oregon)
The Midwest Food Alliance (Minnesota)
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
North Central Institute for Sustainabl
ople who are developing social standards
for sustainable/organic agriculture. Contact Richard Mandelbaum for more
information: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anthony Nelson-Smith wrote:
> Marla - as an occasional contributor of news items to a UK organic
> gardening magazine (as well as personally) I'd be very grateful to learn
> more about the possibility of GMOs being peddled under the 'sustainable'
> label, should this come up at your meeting. Tony N-S.
- Original Message -
From: Anthony Nelson-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: The Sustainable Label
> Marla - as an occasional contributor of news items to a UK organic
> gardening magazine (as well
Marla - as an occasional contributor of news items to a UK organic
gardening magazine (as well as personally) I'd be very grateful to learn
more about the possibility of GMOs being peddled under the 'sustainable'
label, should this come up at your meeting. Tony N-S.
