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[Livingontheland] "Organic" Crops Raised with Pesticides?
- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
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- Subject: [Livingontheland] "Organic" Crops Raised with Pesticides?
- Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 21:15:46 -0600
"Organic" Crops Raised with Pesticides?
http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm#action
The USDA has now stated that as long as the farmer and the organic certifier
don't know the specific ingredients of the pesticides applied to the
"organic" plants, the crops can be sold as "organic". To make matters worse,
it is not required by law for pesticide companies to list the ingredients on
their products (it's considered proprietary information), so the farmers
rarely know what the specific ingredients are.
(Read full USDA pesticide statement here)
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Compliance/PesticidesCompliance.pdf
- [Livingontheland] "Organic" Crops Raised with Pesticides?, Tradingpost, 05/07/2004
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