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| | Beyond Pesticides |
 | | One of the owners of the large Colorado farm, in Platteville, Colorado, Mark Retzloff, has justified an exemption from the requirement for pasture based on not enough rain in the area to support it. |
 | | However, in their complaint, The Cornucopia Institute countered that the claim that pasture is impractical, or not cost-effective, in arid Colorado is no excuse under the law. |
 | | The Cornucopia Institute said in their communiqué that they expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state agencies, and the independent certifiers responsible for oversight and enforcement to take this formal complaint very seriously and to respond in a timely manner. |
| www.beyondpesticides.org /news/daily_news_archive/2005/01_18_05.htm (663 words) |
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