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This was an area I'd been wondering about for ages. "Organic" wouldn't mean much if, say, Monsanto designed the standards. I'm glad I found out that it was a farmer dedicated to organic philosophy who was behind it!

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by OrangeClouds115 on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 10:54:01 AM PDT

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- Thanks for giving us the history... (7+ / 0-)
  
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  by sarahlane on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:04:08 PM PDT
  
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- Thank you OrangeClouds (1+ / 0-)
  
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  This subject has weighed heavily on my mind since the dilution of the organic standards. I feel a little better now. . .
  
  "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
  by givmeliberty on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 08:51:12 PM PDT
  
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