Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 hi ... very true.. been wondering where these big companies are getting their "wild crafted' stuff, too. I had a step uncle who was a true wildcrafter way back in the 20-30's ( he was born on 1892 and died in 1954) and he learned from one of his elders. One of his neices had a little booklet that belonged to the person who taught him, but the writing was so difficult to read or undertand that it was all but useless except as a memorabilia. I don't know what she ever did with it.. last i heard, she didn't know what she did with it either. I read, or tried to read, part of it once. He supplied from the woods and byways the herbs to the drug stores in the county as well as heralists. it was not a full time job, but seemed to have done most of it as a side line. I think it would take a lot of people with the know how to supply all these companies with all that wild crafted material. just my thoughts on the subject... granny lee ----- Original Message ----- From: ok_fine@... health Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:06 PM Subject: Organics I'm a member of Organic Consumers Association and an active OCA activist. While organics are becoming more available and we are getting better definitions for what is and is not organic, we still have a ways to go. More information about OCA can be found at: http://www.organicconsumers.org/I suggest folks look a litle closer at their "organic" and especially "wildcrafted" herb sources. I believe there are way too many claiming these which are just not true. There are several versions of "organic" also. Unless they are certified they could be almosty anyones idea of "organic". Typically organic items cost more and when I see items online labled "organic" at retail prices very close to what I can purchase non-organics at wholesale, I'm pretty certain they are not truly organic.As for "wildcrafted" herbs, again, supply doesn't match demand. I ran a computer simulation concerning foraging over a 20sq miles plot with 4 people in a typical modern rural agricultural area and they ran out of foragables within 30 days. This included big and small game as well as edible plants. On a large scale wildcrafting isn't going to provide several pounds of anything to any number of people. I suspect some toss seeds in some area of their lot and discover it later on and declare it wildcrafted. I suppose if it's not grown in rows and columns they think this is a true statement.<http://www.organicconsumers.org/>Caveat Emptore - Buyer Beware.-Herbs, Oils & more: http://www.greenladysgarden.comWholesale Web Hosting: http://www.accessiblehosting.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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