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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

142) The fraud in 'certified organic' and reclaiming its true meaning with Dave Chapman

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Kaméa Chayne

Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8694 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dave Chapman runs Long Wind Farm in Vermont and is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Real Organic Project.

After unveiling how our current organic standards may be misleading consumers and falling short of what "organic" should mean, he now actively fights for integrity and transparency in the National Organic Program.

On this podcast episode, Dave shares the shocking reality of how products from CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) and hydroponics can be certified organic by the USDA; why hydroponics should not be considered organic; how he's dealing with the challenges of going against big money and corporate influence; and more.

 

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0:00.0

I have a quick but important ask. As you're probably aware, Green Dreamer is an independent

0:07.9

podcast and we don't take on corporate advertisers to fund our work because we don't want those

0:13.7

considerations to influence our curiosities or our abilities to question whatever it is that we want to question.

0:22.3

So if you value and believe in our work, this is our call out.

0:26.8

We need your direct support in order to continue this podcast.

0:30.7

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0:37.3

camaya.substack.com or through a one-time

0:40.4

donation at greendreamer.com slash support. It really means a lot to have you here and we're so

0:47.6

grateful for whatever form or level of support that you're able to share with us.

0:54.1

That's what our conversation with the government has been about and our conversation or level of support that you're able to share with us?

0:57.5

That's what our conversation with the government has been about,

1:02.8

and our conversation with the community is, you know, let's take back organic.

1:04.3

Let's have organic mean organic.

1:07.0

And let's have a label that we can trust.

1:14.9

How is our current national organic program misleading us as consumers and allowing certified organic products to fall short of what organic actually means?

1:19.0

What are the problems with hydroponics and why shouldn't they be allowed to be considered

1:23.7

organic?

1:24.9

That's just the tip of the iceberg of what you'll hear today. Green Dreamer is

1:28.8

supported by our listener patrons and Buffy, which makes betting that's earth-friendly and cruelty-free.

1:34.6

Its newest comforters called The Breeze made 100% from eucalyptus fiber to regulate temperature

1:39.6

and keep us cool and comfortable all night long. I'll share more with you shortly along with a

1:44.5

discount code, but for now, tour conversation with Dave Chapman, who runs Long Wind Farm in Vermont,

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