True enough that consumers are conditioned to respond to the term "organic", but most of them know of the dilution of the standards by now. I don't think they will have any trouble adjusting to new terminology in response to the USDA's poor stewardship of organic standards. Most of the consumers of organic are a motivated intelligent lot.
Supply it and they will buy it. Garnet On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 23:22, Christine Carleton wrote: > MAY 23, 2004. Not only is the government eroding its own definitions > of "organic," it is setting up a more difficult road for genuine > organic farmers. > > On the first point, for example, we have the USDA announcement that > food crops sprayed with pesticides can be labeled organic if all > parties concerned DO NOT KNOW the ingredients. > > Well, of course, the government has also permitted pesticide > manufacturers to HIDE INGREDIENTS as "proprietary corporate > information." > > Clip..... > > Organic growers should band together in many more regional groups and > present their own standards and promises to the consumer---without > using the word organic. > > That may sound like suicide---because millions and millions of dollars > have been spent driving home the meaning of the word organic for > decades---but when the government controls the definition of word, > we're all in trouble, and there is no use denying it. > > JON RAPPOPORT www.nomorefakenews.com > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
