Gee...the organic movement has been saying that for decades.
There actually ARE organic standards, several companies offer proper organic certification, which requires these standards be adhered to strictly. Unfortunately, there are far too many companies out there exploiting the word "organic" for their own ends. Particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. Peruse the body and skincare aisles of Whole Foods and you'll find a whole lot of brands with the word "organic" in the title and no certification at all. These are designed to fool the casual consumer who wants to be "hip."
Of course, there you still have to be careful as although some things are technically organic, they're not necessarily in the spirit of organic guidelines. Milk and dairy products produced by Horizon, for example, can come from feedlot animals. The dairy organic standard doesn't include that the animals must be free-range, although the ones that ARE command correspondingly higher market value
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There actually ARE organic standards, several companies offer proper organic certification, which requires these standards be adhered to strictly. Unfortunately, there are far too many companies out there exploiting the word "organic" for their own ends. Particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. Peruse the body and skincare aisles of Whole Foods and you'll find a whole lot of brands with the word "organic" in the title and no certification at all. These are designed to fool the casual consumer who wants to be "hip."
Of course, there you still have to be careful as although some things are technically organic, they're not necessarily in the spirit of organic guidelines. Milk and dairy products produced by Horizon, for example, can come from feedlot animals. The dairy organic standard doesn't include that the animals must be free-range, although the ones that ARE command correspondingly higher market value ( ... )
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