>I don't need to use the word organic with my honey.

I think Roy and I are on the same page. Explaining to people you do not put
chemicals in your hives and the way your honey is processed will work better
than teaching the public that if you see honey with the word "organic" on
the label you should buy without question.

 Big packers have told me they will find a way to use the "organic" label.
I believe if all they have to do is print the word "organic" on their label
then the price for their "organic honey" will be the same as they sell now
in stores or about two bucks a pound retail ( price  in over a hundred KC
area stores right now).

Paper trails exist of packer purchase of "local honey" & "organic honey" but
many packers label many many times the amount they buy as both because there
are no label police. They are on the honor system.

Consumers need to know that just because the honey has a local packer
address does not mean the honey is from a local source. We have got three
packers in the Kansas City area selling out of state honey as "local honey".

Enforcement is needed for label laws.

Bob

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