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Glenna Rose 16-06-2007 06:39 PM
Re(2):Organic Food Helps Revive Fortunes of Europe’sFarmers
 
writes:
[snip]
There are also no guarantees that something labled organic
has
not been sprayed with chemicals. If an organic farmer is in danger of
losing
his crop,
you bet he will opt to spray it.

Sherwin D.

I would think that an organic farmer would *not* spray since that farmer
would lose organic certification. The soils are tested as well as
affadavits signed. When caught, it would not benefit that farmer to spray.

Glenna

Billy Rose 16-06-2007 09:05 PM
Organic Food Helps Revive Fortunes of Europe’s Farmers
 
In article fc.003d0941022ab8343b9aca005e71a502.22ab83a@pmug. org,
(Glenna Rose) wrote:

 writes:
[snip]
There are also no guarantees that something labled organic
has
not been sprayed with chemicals. If an organic farmer is in danger of
losing
his crop,
you bet he will opt to spray it.

Sherwin D.

I would think that an organic farmer would *not* spray since that farmer
would lose organic certification. The soils are tested as well as
affadavits signed. When caught, it would not benefit that farmer to spray.

Glenna

It would seem that if a grower sprayed with a non-organic spray, the
grower would have to remove the word "organic " from his/her produce for
2 years. Or maybe they could just skip all the hassle and let WalMart
certify it as organic.

- Billy
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