What is "Organic?"
The difference between natural and organic
Under the regulations, "products labeled as 100 percent organic must contain (excluding water and salt) only organically produced raw or processed products." In order to be labeled "organic" 95 percent of a food's ingredients must be "organically produced." The new regulations will also prohibit foods that are genetically engineered, irradiated, fertilized with sewer sludge or contain antibiotics from being labeled "organic."
The Cost of "Organic"
Organic foods are often more expensive than conventional foods because they require more labor. Organic farmers must abandon modern, technological advances in agriculture in order to grow chemical-free foods. Often, organic crop yields are smaller than nonorganic yields because the foods have not been modified to increase the amount of food produced per plant.
