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Protect Organic- Prohibit Hydroponics

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meg kidd
7 years ago

"Organic farming is based on building greater life in complex soil systems. It is not based on replacing all natural nutrition with fertilizers coming out of a bag. The USDA is damaging trust in the seal by allowing such produce to be called organic."

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Jan Lutz
7 years ago

Healthy soil is everything!

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Janice
7 years ago

For Christ’s sake please stop poisoning every living thing on this planet!

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David Lellinger
7 years ago

By definition, hydroponics cannot be organic because the growing medium is entirely artificial and does not contain the wide spectrum of organisms and detritus found in a natural or an organically farmed soil. As usual, the USDA is protecting the industries that pay it off, not the consumers it should protect.

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Molly Smollett
7 years ago

For everyone's health, we must be completely honest that organic is truly organic!

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Mary Jane Welch
7 years ago

The soil is essential to grow truly organic food. Please don't allow hydroponics to be labeled organic!

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Hydroponic growing is not organic, and should not be allowed to be labelled organic. Furthermore, hydroponically grown food needs to be labelled as such. Consumers have a right to know how their produce is grown.

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Nancy Dollard
7 years ago

I am a consumer who BUYS ORGANIC and HUMANE products and OPPOSES dangerous chemicals on our food!

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Sue StPeter
7 years ago

Greed muddies the water. I hope that common sense will surpass this issue soon or our children will have dirty plates as their only choice to eat from.

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Martha Loving
7 years ago

It is a TOTAL TRAVESTY that the National Organic Standards Board was/is infiltrated by Big Ag such as Driscoll and Organic Valley representatives. The NOSB states in their bylaws that organic food must be grown in SOIL. This makes the decision to allow hydroponics as organic ILLEGAL!!!

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Sekani
7 years ago

As a cancer survivor, I require you to do better!

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connie watts
7 years ago

As a cancer survivor, I require you to do better!

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Patricia England
7 years ago

Just plain stupid practice, just stupid. STUPID

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Neville Bruce
7 years ago

Uphold the laws.

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Arthur Sturm
7 years ago

Organic should not include hydroponics because hydroponics are not natural.

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mary bettenburg
7 years ago

Think of the future generations

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Jeanne Yawney
7 years ago

Trust in the label is everything. Be honest.

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Terry Thomas
7 years ago

Hydroponics should be labeled as such.

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kathy shudy
7 years ago

STOP THE LIES! NO SOIL MEANS NOT ORGANIC UNDERSTAND

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M Busch
7 years ago

Organic equals no glyphosate.