05 October 2006

Organic Farming Goes Open Source

Now where I have heard this before?

Fears that organic farming is falling victim to commercial pressures to abandon key principles have led to disputes in the Soil Association, the gold standard of the groups that certify "green" products.

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Claims of the relaxing of key principles in the organic movement come amid pressure from Sir Terry Leahy, the Tesco chief executive, for the British organic movement to become more "professional".

Hm, let's see: a fear that some may be abandoning key principles, while others call for more professionalism. Sounds rather like the "free software" vs. "open source" debate, to me...

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