HERB - Roots

Mary Temple noxcat at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 3 12:20:09 PDT 1998


>Yes, that's true. However! Big Agribusiness wants to allow certain
>'non-organic' practices while still labelling the food organic; there 
will
>be no label for 'strictly organic, we didn't mess with this'-- and 
guess
>whose side Newsweek is on? 

Well, considering they went out of their way to mention the fact that 
there are higher rates of cancer in farmers who use conventional methods 
AND in their kids, I'd say they were pretty impartial.
>
>Be a wise consumer. Find out what 'organic' means before you buy.
>
That's the problem - right now it means whatever the advertisers want it 
to mean. 

Catriona Rowley

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