"Organic" has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed
countries.

In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be "certified organic"
must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting
the following guidelines:

* Sound records kept of all operations
* No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock
* No use of genetically modified organisms
* No irradiation
* Use sound soil conservation and crop rotation practice
* And most importantly, that there has been no useage of prohibited
materials within 3 years prior to certification, or at any time during
certification.

The USDA defines 'prohibited materials' as synthetic fertilizers,
pesticides and sewage sludge. It is also a requirement that there is
no cross-contamination during processing, which means organic wheat
for example cannot be ground in a flour factory that also handles non-
organic material.

Produce grown organically certainly tastes better than the usual
supermarket stock. It also contains higher levels of nutrients and far
lower residual pesticides. You can read all the latest Organic Food
articles and research at http://www.ge-free.com/

In general food grown free of pesticides, herbicides and genetically
modified organisms (GMO) is organic to some extent. Certified organic
food is that

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"Organic" has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed
countries.

In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be "certified organic"
must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting
the following guidelines:

* Sound records kept of all operations
* No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock
* No use of genetically modified organisms
* No irradiation
* Use sound soil conservation and crop rotation practice
* And most importantly, that there has been no useage of prohibited
materials within 3 years prior to certification, or at any time during
certification.

The USDA defines 'prohibited materials' as synthetic fertilizers,
pesticides and sewage sludge. It is also a requirement that there is
no cross-contamination during processing, which means organic wheat
for example cannot be ground in a flour factory that also handles non-
organic material.

Produce grown organically certainly tastes better than the usual
supermarket stock. It also contains higher levels of nutrients and far
lower residual pesticides. You can read all the latest Organic Food
articles and research at http://www.ge-free.com/

In general food grown free of pesticides, herbicides and genetically
modified organisms (GMO) is organic to some extent. Certified organic
food is that

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Somewhere around 2004, the USDA allowed non-organic ingredients to be
added to products certified as organic, if organic ingredients couldn't
be found. Mass organic producers are basically factory operations to
sell to Whole-Foods and their ilk. Your basic pig with lipstick. Learn
who your supplier is. If they state, under a letter head, that only
organic materials are used in their operation, then they are legally
obligated to their statement. Otherwise, presume it is B.S.
--

Billy

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush

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"Organic" has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed
countries.

In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be "certified organic"
must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting
the following guidelines:

* Sound records kept of all operations
* No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock
* No use of genetically modified organisms
* No irradiation
* Use sound soil conservation and crop rotation practice
* And most importantly, that there has been no useage of prohibited
materials within 3 years prior to certification, or at any time during
certification.

The USDA defines 'prohibited materials' as synthetic fertilizers,
pesticides and sewage sludge. It is also a requirement that there is
no cross-contamination during processing, which means organic wheat
for example cannot be ground in a flour factory that also handles non-
organic material.

Produce grown organically certainly tastes better than the usual
supermarket stock.

Taste can be a very subjective thing. In all my experiences with organic
products in food markets, they tasted the same to me as the non-organic
products.

It also contains higher levels of nutrients

This is hard for me to accept.

and far
lower residual pesticides.

This could be a problem. That's why I either raise my own stuff, or
carefully
wash off store bought food before eating it. Don't forget that exposure to
sunlight will burn off much of the pesticides. Cetain foods are peeled, like

cucumbers, and the pesticides are not inside. If you are fanatic about
ingesting
even a trace of pesticide, yes, buy organic. Even that is not a certainty,
since
some organic growers are forced to spray when their crops are in danger of
being decimated. Just trying to put this organic thing in perspective.

Sherwin

You can read all the latest Organic Food
articles and research at http://www.ge-free.com/

In general food grown free of pesticides, herbicides and genetically
modified organisms (GMO) is organic to some extent. Certified organic
food is that

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I think Orgasmic food nis good because you want to enjoy life better after eating it i loves it long time

The word organic food does not only apply to the food from your own home garden, but also to the store bought food products, in which no synthetic artificial inputs are used. In the contemporary times, the term organic food is usually used in reference to the certified organic foods. It has been claimed by health experts that organic food is more nutritious. Some of the features that can be associated with organic food are more attention to quality, good taste, proper selection of crop varieties etc

I think this is all well, but I also want to add that some time ago I read
in a forum that locally produced organic food is also better since food
have to be treated when it has to be transported over vast distances
to the market.
Depending on your interpretation of organic - organic food must thus
be local produce as well. For even if produced totally organic, if it is
transported over vast distances it has to be treated - maybe in an
inorganic way - then it loses its 'organic' goodness. (With vast distances
I mean the food being produced in the foothills of Kenya, and me
buying it from the local Woolies in South Africa)