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What Eating Organic Food Does for the World

What Eating Organic Food Does for the World

  by guest blogger Lisa Bunin, PhD, organic policy director, Center for Food Safety Sure, I eat organic food because I think it’s healthier for me than food grown with synthetic, toxic agrochemicals or food that’s been genetically engineered or injected with growth hormones. But equally important to me are the multiple ecosystem services and […]

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What?!  Fish Can't Be Organic?

What?! Fish Can’t Be Organic?

by Lisa J. Bunin, PhD, organic policy director of Center for Food Safety That’s right. Neither wild fish nor farmed fish can be certified organic because no organic standards exist in the U.S. to regulate them. But that may be about to change—for the worse. Why? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently proceeding […]

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