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Impact Report
| For plan | Producing Sustainable Agronomic Crops in New Mexico (Eddy County) |
| Date | October 19, 2009, 8:49 pm |
| For Objective | Medium-term Show medium-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Woods Houghton the Eddy county Agent worked with the organization of the Carlsbad and Artesia farmers market. Helped resolve a question between a grower, the New Mexico department of environment, the New Mexico organic commission on the use of bio solids used on crop land intended for food products. The NM department of environment had notified a grower, and the farmers market that because he used bio solids on his vegetable crop he could not sell at the farmers market, or any market. This is contrary to USEPA recommendation and policy of the New Mexico Department of Environment. In fact both recommend using composted bio solids for bio remediation of nutrients. The New Mexico organic commission worked very hard to resolve this issue. Information was supplied to all parties and a resolution was obtained. |