Commentary and analysis on hydroponic crop politics and production
I established the Alliance for Sustainable Hydroponics and the Clean Hydroponic Produce Standard to ensure hydroponic operations could claim proper credit for using only organic inputs and fully reporting energy use – without borrowing the organic seal.
Via: Keep the Soil in Organic Theo Crisantes says it is time to limit the power of the NOSB. Another blow against Real Organic came last week with the Senate testimony of the misnamed Coalition For Sustainable Organics, which I will henceforth refer to as the Coalition for Sustainable Profits. Only through the extraordinary…
Created on 2017-07-16 19:37 Published on 2017-07-16 19:49 Recent testimony to a congressional committee showed the danger of letting political lobbyists represent your brand within a specialized industry community. In this case, they got it wrong, on the record, and marginalized their clients in the process. Written testimony posted verbatim; commentary is indented with underlined…