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

"Billy" <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> in other words, certification isn't _exactly_ the thing you're looking 
>> for.
>> kylie
>
> You could just write down how you grow you food and sign it. Then the
> buyer would know what they had. Lie and your customers could nickel and
> dime you to death for false advertising or misrepresentation. Don't need
> no stinkin' certification;-)

yeah, of course. but, those people know me. hence no problem. :-)

chookie means to be aware of things labelled "organic" (etc) with no proof

(certification) & no way to find out. which is a valid point in
scurrilous, 
money-grubbing times where you have no idea who grew the product you're 
buying; but i was pointing out that NO certification doesn't necessarily 
mean it's NOT organic, iyswim. rather than the other way around :-) all
the 
home-organic people would avoid the same soil additives etc that the 
certified organic people do - just haven't organised & paid for
inspection, 
certification, etc.

but as i said, she's in the city. she doesn't eat our local food here 
(presumably!) which tends to come from someone you know or someone you
know 
knows (or whatever), rather than all officially-certified & whatnot.

i wouldn't describe my hens' eggs as "organic", for example, because even 
though their veggies are organic (grown by me) their layer pellets aren't 
certified organic, so therefore presumably aren't, so therefore the eggs 
don't meet the criteria, so i wouldn't bother making that claim. (people
who 
buy the eggs would probably know it's an unrealistic claim, anyway!!).
kylie