I appreciate this point of view, but I’d like to know where she sells, whether its at farmers markets, through CSAs, a U-pick-em or wholesale.. By the way, the link is at the bottom…

I think what is not clear in this snippet is an explanation of why the move to one federally run program was deemed necessary,  rather than leaving it the community-level organic certification it had been. I remember that when it became a federal certification in 2002 or so, that it benefited big farms and big retail outlets like Whole Foods, as they were ready to market their organic labels. It is also true that we need to reward more good stewardship of land among farmers, so programs that encourage that are a good idea.  I am not so sure that is still true that the new laws still benefit the big guys and also wonder whether farmers now have more or less availability to sustainable practices because of the change.

Beware of ‘Beyond Organic’.