From ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.caThu Jun 20 13:56:02 1996 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:39:32 EDT From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" To: SANET-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: ISO 14000 -Reply This is forwarded, with permission from the author. Ann ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:17:00 -0400 From: "Grace J Gershuny" Subject: ISO 14000 -Reply To: ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca (Receipt Notification Requested) We have used a lot of ISO guidelines in developing our ideas for organic certification & accreditation of certifying agents. These ideas are very similar to what the organic community has 'spontaneously' developed over the years as well. There is increasing use of the type of approach in things like voluntary quality management programs that various US govt agencies are exploring as an alternative to mandatory regulatory control. Grace Gershuny USDA, National Organic Program ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca Dr. E. Ann Clark Associate Professor Crop Science University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508 FAX: 519 763-8933 From INF3@musicb.mcgill.caThu Jun 20 21:58:29 1996 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:43:02 EDT From: "John Henning, McGill U (Agr.Econ./Ecol.Agr.Pjts)" To: ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca Cc: SANET-MG@amani.ces.ncsu.edu, 75761.1257@compuserve.com, CZ25@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA Subject: ISO 14000 Ann In response to your question about ISO1400 and agriculture, the relationship is very natural and we expect to be building the standards into some of the courses here in the Dept. We will be starting a new graduate course this fall with ISO14000 as a fairly substantial part of the material. John Henning, Agricultural Economics Faculty of Agr. & Environmental Sci. McGill University (Macdonald Campus) Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9 VOX 514-398-7826/7820 FAX 514-398-8130 NET INF3@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA