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This image shows Ukrainian Eggs by a local Artist for sale in our little food store -- please click and visit our Events and Artists Pages for more info! This weekend -- Sat & Sun: Mar 1st and 2nd --  we will bring out Salsas and spread them out for a spicy tasting. We'll pop open a selection of our favorite salsas from around the USA and Upstate New York including such local favorites as Bisco's.

We always have a variety of fresh organic produce and groceries to choose from. This week on our coffee shelf: Organic Shade Grown Sumatran coffee beans are on sale for only $6.99/lb while supplies last.

Hope to see you,
-Mike
 
 
 

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ps....      Here is a little tidbit from the Organic Consumer Association ......

USDA- "FOX" WATCHING THE ORGANIC HENHOUSE?

Implementation of USDAís National Organic Program (NOP) officially began October 21, 2002. Now consumers anywhere in the world can look for that green-and-white label and know what it means. Or can they? Perhaps the battle for the integrity of organic standards is not yet over. According to Joe Mendelson of the Center for Food Safety, the USDA has been less than forthcoming about the processes by which it has accredited 70 certifying agents so far-- some of them previously unknown. Anticipating that a government agency that has so many former chemical company employees on its payroll might need a little oversight, the Organic Food Production Act called for a Peer Review Panel for this accreditation process. But the NOP still has not set up the Panel; and when the Center for Food Safety sought public release of all documents used in accreditations, it met with resistance.

Does it really matter? Consider the henhouse: United Egg Producers, an agribusiness consortium, has openly sought to overturn the requirement that organic poultry have access to the outdoors. This fall, when a certifier in Massachusetts turned down a producer that didnít meet this requirement, the producer appealed to the USDAówhich ruled in its favor. This episode illustrates why the Review Panel is critical to the integrity of the organic label. The Center for Food Safety and others have filed a legal petition, threatening to sue if the Panel is not set up within a year. Stay tuned...

Read all about it:

<http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/020903_organic.cfm>

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