There is a difference and consumers should know and choose!
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Anne Lazarus
8 years ago
Organic food is grown in organic soil
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Louis Guerriero
8 years ago
I truly believe in hydroponics but I DO NOT believe that it should be labeled the same as organic soil crops. Hydroponics is a different science and as such, it should be labeled as Hydroponically grown. The growing system used could reflect that organic chemicals were used to grow but should not be considered or labeled the same as soil grown food products.
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Rachel Dowty
8 years ago
This is an important concept to ensure our children teach to their children.
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Mark Epstein
8 years ago
Absolutely, organic must mean SOIL!
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Robert Phillips
8 years ago
The complexity of nutrients in organic produce that comes from soil that is farmed with organic techniques cannot be matched by hydroponics.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Keep the soil organic!!!
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Hubert McCabe
8 years ago
farmer.
fine line farm.
searsmont maine
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Ella Toler
8 years ago
Organic and hydroponic are two very different things and need labels that distinguish the difference.
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Judith Rice-Jones
8 years ago
For our health.
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Mark Persky
8 years ago
Some people really think they can equal or surpass what Mother Nature does? There are complexities so beyond our scope yet these people’s egos get the better of them and lead them to believe that what they are doing is beneficial. Just like that wonderful quote from Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
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Steven Beltram
8 years ago
Organic agriculture has always been about building soil. I have no problem with hydroponic farming, but it should not be certified organic. As a commercial certified organic vegetable farmer, I go to great expense to build soil on our farms with organic soil amendments and expensive organic cover crop seeds. The wholesale market for certain crops like tomatoes and peppers has become much more difficult in the past couple of years because of the massive amount of fake organic (I think that the current organic standards make it clear that you have to be improving soil health and therefore believe certified organic hydroponics are fraudulent) tomatoes and peppers from Mexico and Canada flooding the market. Keep the soil in organic!
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Natan Celidonio Fernandes
8 years ago
No Hydroponic Industrie
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Mary Ann Nisley
8 years ago
It is very important to keep organic growing to soil only. .
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Brandon Shrock
8 years ago
I totally agree. A lot of hydroponics utilize fish waste for nutrients. What is the source of fish food ingredients? GMO corn and soybeans? Besides, plants were made to be grown in soil. So much ground has been gained through organic soil building. They can have their own label: Organic Hydroponic. H2O Organic?
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Emma Harlow
8 years ago
Representing Harlow Farm, Westminster, Vermont. 100 year anniversary of farming - 2017.
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Sandra Howell
8 years ago
Hydroponics have a place for some but to use the label "organic" is misleading.
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John Krowka
8 years ago
The complex microenvironment of soil cannot be replicated in a water tank. Consumers have come to know and embrace the term "organic". By allowing hydoponic and aquaponic production systems to label their products as organic would be confusing and deceiving for consumers. Keep the soil in "organic"
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Leo Paquette
8 years ago
Keep organic, organic as originally intended.
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Edmond Ryan
8 years ago
Organic agriculture cannot include hydroponics - soil is key to growing organically. Please keep organic standards meaningful - no to hydroponics as certified organic.
There is a difference and consumers should know and choose!
Organic food is grown in organic soil
I truly believe in hydroponics but I DO NOT believe that it should be labeled the same as organic soil crops. Hydroponics is a different science and as such, it should be labeled as Hydroponically grown. The growing system used could reflect that organic chemicals were used to grow but should not be considered or labeled the same as soil grown food products.
This is an important concept to ensure our children teach to their children.
Absolutely, organic must mean SOIL!
The complexity of nutrients in organic produce that comes from soil that is farmed with organic techniques cannot be matched by hydroponics.
Keep the soil organic!!!
farmer. fine line farm. searsmont maine
Organic and hydroponic are two very different things and need labels that distinguish the difference.
For our health.
Some people really think they can equal or surpass what Mother Nature does? There are complexities so beyond our scope yet these people’s egos get the better of them and lead them to believe that what they are doing is beneficial. Just like that wonderful quote from Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
Organic agriculture has always been about building soil. I have no problem with hydroponic farming, but it should not be certified organic. As a commercial certified organic vegetable farmer, I go to great expense to build soil on our farms with organic soil amendments and expensive organic cover crop seeds. The wholesale market for certain crops like tomatoes and peppers has become much more difficult in the past couple of years because of the massive amount of fake organic (I think that the current organic standards make it clear that you have to be improving soil health and therefore believe certified organic hydroponics are fraudulent) tomatoes and peppers from Mexico and Canada flooding the market. Keep the soil in organic!
No Hydroponic Industrie
It is very important to keep organic growing to soil only. .
I totally agree. A lot of hydroponics utilize fish waste for nutrients. What is the source of fish food ingredients? GMO corn and soybeans? Besides, plants were made to be grown in soil. So much ground has been gained through organic soil building. They can have their own label: Organic Hydroponic. H2O Organic?
Representing Harlow Farm, Westminster, Vermont. 100 year anniversary of farming - 2017.
Hydroponics have a place for some but to use the label "organic" is misleading.
The complex microenvironment of soil cannot be replicated in a water tank. Consumers have come to know and embrace the term "organic". By allowing hydoponic and aquaponic production systems to label their products as organic would be confusing and deceiving for consumers. Keep the soil in "organic"
Keep organic, organic as originally intended.
Organic agriculture cannot include hydroponics - soil is key to growing organically. Please keep organic standards meaningful - no to hydroponics as certified organic.