[compost_tea] Re: OMRI and Gem
Your local USNOP nut here with a nit correction... OMRI does not "cert=
ify"
materials. They investigate raw materials and processes and "lis=
t" them as
organically acceptable, for a fee. Like most if not all other organic=
organizations, they do not assert efficacy. Only organic operations a=
re
"certified", not materials, which are either "allowed" =
or not, sometimes
with restrictions. We need to make sure compost teas are allowed.&nbs=
p; OMRI
supports them, certifiers support them, NOSB has supported them. USNO=
P
needs to, too.
Thanks for the good info on fish fertilizer, in any event.
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:53:59 -0000
> From: "tomjasz" <tom_at_livesoil.com>
> Subject: Re: Phytopathology journal article on compost tea, November 2=
004
> [snip]
> Organic and safe.
> Organic GemŽ is certified and listed by the Organic Materials Review=
> Institute (OMRI), one of the strictest organic review agencies in the<=
BR>
> country. It can be applied with no worries to human health and will
> not compromise local water supplies.
OMRI does good work, no doubt, and can be trusted, but they don't "cer=
tify"
anything.
Kirk
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