[Terrapreta] Fw: eprida char - organic again ?

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Gerrit,

 

I don't think Eprida charcoal has been explicitly certified for use by
organic growers, by I don't know that for sure.  When Troposphere Energy
makes charcoal for sale, I intend to make sure it is explicitly certified
for use by organic growers.  I think this is definitely a bar that they will
expect to be surpassed before they will adopt charcoal in soil to use in
organic growing.

 

I talked to someone at the Organic Material Review Institute (OMRI) once and
obtained a copy of the document they used to make determination about just
this kind of thing, certifying materials for use in organic growing.  It is
titled "USDA National Organic Rule Summary".  

 

I've attached it for your perusal.

strike that ...

 

I think this document is available on the terrapreta website, Tom?

 

(See http://www.fmi.org/gr/USDA_OrganicProgram.pdf  or
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexNet.htm )

 

Regards,

 

SKB

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Gerald <mailto:vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca>  Van Koeverden 

To: Terra Preta <mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>  

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:06 PM

Subject: [Terrapreta] eprida char - organic?

 

Has Eprida char been certified for use by organic farmers?  Or would  
it be considered a 'chemical' source of nitrogen?

Gerald



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