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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 7, 2020 20:47:26 GMT -5
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 7, 2020 22:56:27 GMT -5
Not all hydroponics is organic, but it can be. Those who grow soil organic food are the ones that are filing the suit, but I think that they should worry more about the imported organics, rather than hydroponics in this country, since we have no idea what regulations some of these countries have on organics.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 8, 2020 7:56:11 GMT -5
They are basing their suit on this phrase,"Under federal rules, organic crops -- aside from being grown without pesticides and other harmful chemicals -- must foster “soil fertility,” according to the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. But how can you foster soil fertility without soil, the farmers asked."
Thinking on this. Seems if the plants aren't in the soil, they aren't taking nutrients from there and therefore the soil they aren't growing in is more fertile. Why not just use the label "hydroponic-organic" or "organo-hydroponic" or something like that. Then consumers can be assured they are grown without pesticides and with organic approved nutrient solutions.
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Post by oliverman on Apr 28, 2020 15:24:25 GMT -5
Leave it to you, gardendmpls to have a reasonable and scientific response to the issue. I am on the same page as pepperhead212, and I am a certified organic grain producer. Currently about half of the organic corn and 80% of the organic soybeans used in the USA are imported. Scrutiny of certification on imports is better than it was a few years back, but there's still a whole lot of room to slip things through the cracks.
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