Wednesday With White

[parsley]

Ian White,

I have been led to understand that the CWB marketed organic wheat, sold it to a buyer who then declared bankruptcy, and the Board ended up taking a dollar-kicking.

Did the loss come out of conventional pools, or out of the contingency fund?

Parsley

[parsley]

Ian White,

The CWB is in the habit of changing it's buyback figure as often as a a dirty diaper needs changing.

The CWB published a set buyback price on it's website, for all to read. Yet now, the CWB is collecting cash farmers cannot understand.


A phonecall from an organic grower the other night indicated they had just recieved a bill for over 20 thousand, a dirty little surprise in the CWB diaper.

Another gentleman supposedly recieved a bill for around fifty thousand.

Is this how the CWB thinks they are improving?

Would you pass along the message that first of all, the CWB shouldn't even be marketing organic, and secondly, the CWB shopuld fire all their organic staff for incompetence, and thirdly tell the CWB that the CWB itself is giving organics a bad name.

Thanks.

Parsley

[just_wondering]

Mr. White
I know you have met with many sides on the CWB single desk debate as an outsider coming in could you please explain too me and others who are not in favour of the monopoly the other sides position and if you could explain to the monopolists what your synthases is of our side.
I'm amazed by the pro monopolies support of the all or nothing attitude, because it's becoming clear that if they stay . it will be nothing!

[parsley]

Could this week's court decision result in allowing the CWB's Board of Directors withdrawing money from the pooling accounts to promote only organic agriculture, and only organic marketing, and only organic value-added?

Parsley

[stubblejumper]

Mr. White I heard your interview on a local radio station this week. Keep up the good work.