USDA panel doesn’t resolve if soil needed to grow organic food

A USDA task force set out to determine in September 2015 whether fruit and vegetables are organic if they’re grown in a medium other than soil. More than 10 months later, they issued a report that is “anything but conclusive,” writes Civil Eats. The issue has been brewing for some time, as large, year-round greenhouse… » Read More

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