Sierra Magazine, January/February 1999
"Conserving habitat for endangered species and using water responsibly are concerns that aren’t yet addressed by organic certification," says Warren Weber, whose Star Route Farm is one of California’s oldest organic enterprises. These goals are explicit, however, in the Salmon Safe program of the Oregon-based Pacific Rivers Council. "Agricultural runoff is a critical polluter of salmon habitat in the Northwest," says program director Dan Kent. Read the article.