From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 15:47:57 MDT
> (Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com>):
>
> Genetically modified is not "organic" by definition. I found large
> amounts of material on the USDA's attempts to redefine "organic" to
> include genetically modified plants, nuclear irradiation, and bio-
> solids, to benefit agribusiness.
>
> Rather than try to capitalize on someone else terms, agribusiness
> should create new terms of it's own.
But one should define things in ways that are useful. To me,
"organic" means, or at least should mean, "grown with long-term
sustainable methods that don't deplete soil, pollute water, etc."
So chemical pestcides and fertilizers are probably out, but
genetic modification is fine, as is irradiation after harvest.
All of those are things that benefit the consumer, and we should
be fighting for what's good, not what's "organic" by some
definition that's meaningless.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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