[Terrapreta] USDA organic certification standards
Sean K. Barry
sean.barry at juno.com
Wed Mar 28 20:55:03 CDT 2007
Jeff,
I'm glad there are others out there that think about this like I have. Slow and steady, we can do this.
SKB
----- Original Message -----
From: rukurt at westnet.com.au<mailto:rukurt at westnet.com.au>
To: Jeff Davis<mailto:jeff0124 at velocity.net>
Cc: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] USDA organic certification standards
Jeff Davis wrote:
> Dear Tom,
>
> Maybe we should be Terra Preta Farmers? We would write our own rules and
> regulations. Later, if we find the time, we could help the organic farmers
> rewrite their rules! Get the idea?
>
>
That's about the way it needs to go. The large scale farmers aren't
likely to use it till it's available in semi trailer loads and no-one is
going to produce it until they can sell it in sem-trailer loads, not to
speak of getting the feedstuff for it's manufacture on that scale.
Neither are the farmers (except a few visionaries, with wild eyes) going
to make their own equipment to make charcoal on-farm themselves until
someone else has shown them that it works and how it works.
The answer is "softly softly catchee moneky". Push it at the gardener
level, show that it works. Generate a small scale market for the stuff
to get someone to manufacture it and market it in medium quantities and
gradually build up till it reaches superphosphate scale.
This will take time.
With luck I'll be around to see it.
Kurt
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