Protect organic farming......it is the only REAL, TRUE CLEAN way to eat. Why do we have to pay to eat clean food? It's evil that they spray pesticides and now hydroponic food growing, they need to get serious and really educating about human food consumption!!!!
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Janet Berketa
7 years ago
Organic food should be just that - organically grown in uncontaminated soil without the use of pesticides! It's not exactly rocket science, is it?
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Chris Wrinn
7 years ago
Hydroponics do NOT contain micronutrients organic soil has. This is in no way organic.
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Mary Wildfire
7 years ago
The most exciting scientific breakthroughs in the past decade have to do with soil ecology, with applications for farmings learning to work with the soil microbed and macrobes to improve their soil health and thus the health of their crops, and thus the health of their customers...AND sequester carbon in the process. Hydroponics should not be banned but it absolutely should not be labeled organic.
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Charles B Mullen
7 years ago
Classifying hydroponic grown food as organic is the epitome of insanity.
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Ruth Yacko
7 years ago
How can we have truly organic foods when we use water instead of soil and that water could be contaminated with pesticide residues like glyphosate. We need to get back to true regenerative farming and not some gimmick.
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Patricia Blevins
7 years ago
hydroponic produced food is NOT organically grown and should not be labeled "organic". There are no nutrients in food grown only in water and all hydroponic food should be thusly labeled so the consumer knows how the food was grown. Giving hydroponics an organic label is deceitful and will take away any confidence consumers had in the organic label. This is just WRONG!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Hydroponic food should be labeled as hydroponic food, not organic. And especially devious to deceive consumers by not telling them it has been sprayed with poison!!!
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Courtney Courtney
7 years ago
"Organic" food that is NOT grown in the soil of the earth (containers, hydroponics, etc.) needs its own label or category... it does not belong under the same USDA organic label. Labeling food as organic that is grown hydroponically or in containers only weakens the integrity of the USDA organic label and further undermines any trust the people can have with the USDA.
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Elizabeth Plocar
7 years ago
Label it or ban it! There really is no inbetween. We demand honesty, transparency, and chemical-free food and water!
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Stephanie McFadden
7 years ago
No hydroponics! I want my food grown in nutrient rich soil and I DO NOT want my food to be sprayed with glyphosate or any other herbicides and insecticides. I do not want my food to be grown using GMO seeds and I want my food to be labeled No GMO. Organic food should be grown without using GMO seeds and should be grown in soil that is healthy and nutrient rich only!
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Mary Orr
7 years ago
Food and soil are interconnected. They provide life to the planet and us. I want no more "phony organic foods" grown in water.
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Amy Anderson
7 years ago
WE DEMAND REAL ORGANIC FOOD, NO EXCUSES!!!!!!!!
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Carol Carson
7 years ago
My mantra is:complex soil systems not fertilizer out of a bag. And that is organic.
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VICKI YOSHIKAWA
7 years ago
Ban this now!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Keep organic organic I real and healthy soil
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Ellen E Barfield
7 years ago
Keep Organic in the dirt, and honest!!
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Bruce Roller
7 years ago
There is no room for "interpretation" here. Simply, hydroponics does not improve the soil so therefore, it should not be labeled organic.
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Audrey Collins
7 years ago
This is outrageous!!! How dare you allow a known cancer causing pesticide to be used in any organic growing . This is just a give away to monsanto-bayer. It is disgusting how corrupt this government has become!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Food is only organic without Glyphosate
Protect organic farming......it is the only REAL, TRUE CLEAN way to eat. Why do we have to pay to eat clean food? It's evil that they spray pesticides and now hydroponic food growing, they need to get serious and really educating about human food consumption!!!!
Organic food should be just that - organically grown in uncontaminated soil without the use of pesticides! It's not exactly rocket science, is it?
Hydroponics do NOT contain micronutrients organic soil has. This is in no way organic.
The most exciting scientific breakthroughs in the past decade have to do with soil ecology, with applications for farmings learning to work with the soil microbed and macrobes to improve their soil health and thus the health of their crops, and thus the health of their customers...AND sequester carbon in the process. Hydroponics should not be banned but it absolutely should not be labeled organic.
Classifying hydroponic grown food as organic is the epitome of insanity.
How can we have truly organic foods when we use water instead of soil and that water could be contaminated with pesticide residues like glyphosate. We need to get back to true regenerative farming and not some gimmick.
hydroponic produced food is NOT organically grown and should not be labeled "organic". There are no nutrients in food grown only in water and all hydroponic food should be thusly labeled so the consumer knows how the food was grown. Giving hydroponics an organic label is deceitful and will take away any confidence consumers had in the organic label. This is just WRONG!
Hydroponic food should be labeled as hydroponic food, not organic. And especially devious to deceive consumers by not telling them it has been sprayed with poison!!!
"Organic" food that is NOT grown in the soil of the earth (containers, hydroponics, etc.) needs its own label or category... it does not belong under the same USDA organic label. Labeling food as organic that is grown hydroponically or in containers only weakens the integrity of the USDA organic label and further undermines any trust the people can have with the USDA.
Label it or ban it! There really is no inbetween. We demand honesty, transparency, and chemical-free food and water!
No hydroponics! I want my food grown in nutrient rich soil and I DO NOT want my food to be sprayed with glyphosate or any other herbicides and insecticides. I do not want my food to be grown using GMO seeds and I want my food to be labeled No GMO. Organic food should be grown without using GMO seeds and should be grown in soil that is healthy and nutrient rich only!
Food and soil are interconnected. They provide life to the planet and us. I want no more "phony organic foods" grown in water.
WE DEMAND REAL ORGANIC FOOD, NO EXCUSES!!!!!!!!
My mantra is:complex soil systems not fertilizer out of a bag. And that is organic.
Ban this now!
Keep organic organic I real and healthy soil
Keep Organic in the dirt, and honest!!
There is no room for "interpretation" here. Simply, hydroponics does not improve the soil so therefore, it should not be labeled organic.
This is outrageous!!! How dare you allow a known cancer causing pesticide to be used in any organic growing . This is just a give away to monsanto-bayer. It is disgusting how corrupt this government has become!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!