Re: 100 Pounds of Food/Year From a 12 Square Foot Plot?

"Chookie" <ehrebeniuk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> In article <fv70rt0sv9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Home gardening is fine if you have the time and space for it.  Most
>> people don't.  And the "organic" stuff that I see at the supermarket
>> looks pretty pathetic.
>
> I think Choice had a go at some of the "organic" stuff at the 
> supermarkets -- 
> turned out that some of it isn't certified.  ALWAYS look for the name of

> the
> certifying body to make sure it's legit.

.... whilst keeping in mind that a certain (rather large!) amount of
organic 
produce isn't certified because the cost & hassle can be prohibitive &
it's 
not necessarily ever going to be worth it to gain & keep certification
(pay, 
pay, pay...)

in big cities, you simply are never going to get the best of organic
produce 
unless you grow it yourself - same as any veg. it's mostly eaten locally 
where it's grown either with or without certification. the further
something 
must travel, the less point to it all around, for everyone. lots of people

in my town eat local food & i don't know of any which is actually
officially 
certified (although that could be my ignorance) !!

naturally, bureaucracy and commodification ruin everything.

i'm pretty damn certain my veg is organic, but i'm not certified. i sell 
some stuff to another family, & they don't badger me for certification. 
which is just as well.

in other words, certification isn't _exactly_ the thing you're looking
for.
kylie