By: stbalbach
The "Organic" tag is a way for consumers to buy goods from farmers they don't know and have some level of trust. As we are finding, we can't trust the government. Big suprise. An even better way is...
View ArticleBy: rafter
Well, this blows. Brings to mind this brief New Yorker Piece regarding Bush's mercury emissions cap-and-trade system. I can't help but feel like we're in a tailspin toward that point when we all have...
View ArticleBy: jfuller
> That would be a dumb thing to think in any case. ...considering how really meaningful "free range" is on a package of chicken...
View ArticleBy: dejah420
This is revolting. Not terribly surprising from this regime...but revolting none the less. Grrr...this just makes me so mad. And good on ya Ewagoner...if I lived near you, I'd be buying your produce. :)
View ArticleBy: KirkJobSluder
As someone who waded through organic chemistry, I've tended to find the 'organic' term to be a bit of a misnomer anyway. On the other hand, this does not surprise me.
View ArticleBy: ewagoner
This year, I got my farm certified Naturally Grown. Not because my customers demanded certification -- by getting to know me and my growing personally they "certify" my produce themselves -- but...
View ArticleBy: ROU_Xenophobe
Think your "organic" food is pesticide free? That would be a dumb thing to think in any case. Lots of organic produce is laden with pesticide, except that it happens to be pesticide generated by...
View ArticleBy: elwoodwiles
This has been a long fought battle, well below the radar of the average consumer. What the agribusiness lobby wants to do is two-fold: •To be able to expand into the "Organic" market without changing...
View ArticleYeah, it's...Organic, yeaaah that's the ticket
"The directives have not changed anything. They are just clarifications of what is in the regulations that were written by the National Organic Standards Board" Think your "organic" food is pesticide...
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