The National Organic Program is under attack. Big factory farms want to lower the standards that govern what is and isn’t allowed to be certified “organic” food.
Everytime you buy organic, you can feel confident knowing there’s a rigorous certification process to ensure organic foods are grown and processed without unsustainable practices, like using synthetic pesticides or animal drugs.
Now factory farms want to weaken those rules so that they can boost profits by labeling more foods “organic” even when they don’t meet today’s strong standards. We’re calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to reject these attempts to weaken our standards.
Dear Secretary Sonny Perdue: The National Organic Program affords consumers like us the choice to opt for more sustainable foods that protect our public health and environment. Weakening these standards, and undermining the process by which they are set, would amount to taking that choice away from consumers. We’re calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stand up to industry pressure and maintain strong standards.
The National Organic Program is under attack. Big factory farms want to lower the standards that govern what is and isn’t allowed to be certified “organic” food.
Everytime you buy organic, you can feel confident knowing there’s a rigorous certification process to ensure organic foods are grown and processed without unsustainable practices, like using synthetic pesticides or animal drugs.
Now factory farms want to weaken those rules so that they can boost profits by labeling more foods “organic” even when they don’t meet today’s strong standards. We’re calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to reject these attempts to weaken our standards.
Dear Secretary Sonny Perdue: The National Organic Program affords consumers like us the choice to opt for more sustainable foods that protect our public health and environment. Weakening these standards, and undermining the process by which they are set, would amount to taking that choice away from consumers. We’re calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stand up to industry pressure and maintain strong standards.