Organic Foods
Posted on May 3, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Organic Foods
All About the USDA Organic Label
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s certified organic label, introduced several years ago, affirms that a food comes from a farm that has met standards of organic production and doesn’t use chemicals. A food labeled “100 percent organic” must be just that. Similarly, any food labeled “made with organic ingredients” must consist of at least 70 percent organic contents. You can never be sure that any food is 100 percent chemical-free, because pre-existing environmental pollution could potentially impact even organic farms, but you are minimizing your exposure to the chemicals used in conventional farming… Continue reading
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