date:Apr 15, 2013
d in Portland this week as consumer groups and concerned citizens urged the board to maintain next year's deadline.
If organics is going to market itself as a more responsible type of agriculture, then they need to live up to it, said Patty Lovera, the assistant director of Food Water Watch, a Washington-based consumer group.
Farmers were already granted a two-year extension in 2011, and opponents worried that yet another delay would be sought two years from now.
It's going to be disruptive