But I think they were on the right track on this.

I am delighted to be here today to celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.

If they do not, then do we pass legislation that defines it?

I love it. Thank you.

Yes, well, let us work with you to get that word out because I have seen the success of the program, and it is important.

I guess you have a quota, a certain number of Northerners allowed in there periodically.

In a different life, I could lock people up who did that, but I just want to know what you would recommend.

The only way that this industry can grow if the standards are met and they are followed and they are enforced.

We are willing to meet higher standards and we will do what is right, but give us some national standards so we are competing on a level playing field.

I will make sure we get summaries to them. This has been well worthwhile.

What do you say for young people? I mean, in some ways you have a unique situation in your family and expanding and changing with the times, the things you are doing environmentally and the self-contained, which is a model. But do you…

The passage of OFPA brought much needed order to the industry.

We continue to experience occasional shortages of organic products when our farms are unable to simply keep up with the consumer demand.

I have sometimes noted that senators are merely constitutional impediments to their staffs who do most of the work.

It feels like old times having you here in this committee.

I find that I am seeing in stores and elsewhere, more products are labeled 'natural.'

Thank you. Senator Chambliss told me he would stamp my visa and tell me how to get there.

Unfortunately, we are down to the last two or three weeks before recess for the mid-term elections.

Consumer confidence is key to the organics industry's growth.

I know, but it is going to be a major issue in coming years.

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