Couldent find it sorryI couldent ,but ill look .I think it was msn homepage , from about 2 years ago.
Ahh... OMRI is not a certification agency, they're a... I guess you could call them a listing agent. Biosolids are not part of an approved organic program (based on NOP standards), this much I know. This is what makes the OMRI listing an issue, brings it down a level. I feel this is a problem, because seeing the OMRI label makes purchases, from the consumer perspective, much easier to discern.would OMRI cert. Biosolids? o_O
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A note about sewage sludge.Founded in 1997, the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) provides organic certifiers, growers, manufacturers, and suppliers an independent review of products intended for use in certified organic production, handling, and processing. OMRI is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. When companies apply, OMRI reviews their products against the National Organic Standards. Acceptable products are OMRI Listed® and appear on the OMRI Products List. OMRI also provides subscribers and certifiers guidance on the acceptability of various material inputs in general under the National Organic Program.
About Sewage Sludge
Branded products containing sewage sludge
The majority of sewage sludge is hauled away in trucks and disposed of on American farms. Some is given away or sold as “compost.” Some is dried and made into pellets, bagged, and sold as fertilizer. And sometimes sludge is “blended” into bagged fertilizers. There is no labeling requirement. Sometimes the product is called “biosolids,” sometimes not.
If sewage sludge -- whether “treated” or not -- is used as a fertilizer on crops, the food from these crops cannot receive USDA organic certification. But there is no federal rule that forbids non-organic fertilizers from using the term “organic.” The grower must know what he or she is putting on his or her fields. Gardeners, too, have to do some investigative work if they buy compost or fertilizer.
The Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy has a guide on buying sludge-free products. Download it from IATP, or scroll down the page on this link.
The largest marketer, processor, and hauler of sludge is Synagro, Inc., a company owned by the Carlyle Group.
Branded Products Containing Sewage Sludge
(If you have a sludge product to add, please send information to info at sludgenews.org.)
- All-Gro (Synagro)
- Granulite (Synagro)
- Chesapeake Sunshine
- EarthMate (Philadelphia, PA)
- Nutri-Green (Virginia Beach, VA)
- MetroGro (Madison, WI)
- ORGRO (Baltimore, MD, Veolia Water North America)
- Bay State Fertilizer (Boston, MA)
- GroCo (Seattle, WA)
- SilviGrow (Seattle, WA)
- Oceangro (NJ)
- TAGRO (Tacoma, WA)
- SoundGro (Pierce County, WA)
- Milorganite (Milwaukee, WI)
- WeCare Compost (NY)
- CompostT (Pennsylvania)
- EKO Compost (Missoula, Maui, Lewiston plant on Idaho-Wahington border)
- Dillo Dirt (Austin, TX)
- Glacier Gold (Olney, MT)
- EarthBlends (New York City, a product of Synagro, sold by WeCare)
- Agresoil (MA)
- Earthlife (New England, a product of New England Organics)
- TOPGRO (Los Angeles, CA)
- N-Viro Soil
- N-Viro BioBlend
- Landscapers' Advantage (Camden, NJ)
- Hou-Actinite (Houston, TX)
- ComPro (Washington, D.C.)
- Mine Mix (Philadelphia, PA)
- Kellogg Nitrohumus, Gromulch, Amend and Topper (Kellogg Garden Products, Los Angeles, CA)
- Growers' Blend by Earthwise Organics (a Synagro subsidiary)
- Unity Fertilizer (Unity Envirotech LLC, Florida-baded)
- Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Garden Soil (Scott's Miracle-Gro Company says, "Some of the most common organic plant foods are bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion, activated sewage and manures.")
Not pleasant, but better than not knowing.Thanks for this shit news
would OMRI cert. Biosolids? o_O
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Milorganite is the trademark of a biosolids fertilizer produced by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.look up millorganite......
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