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I myself wasn't certified but according to owner of the farm, everything was legit.

• mercutio2 8y ago
  Opposition to synthetic herbicides (in fact, opposition specifically to glyphosate formulations like RoundUp) form the bedrock of the organic movement. To be certified organic, a formerly non-certified field must have been under an organic plan for a minimum of three years, which specifically must not be marketed as organic, and must not use any synthetic herbicides (again, explicitly, glyphosate is called out as the most common herbicide which must be completely eschewed on that plot of land [0]). I can’t tell, from a distance, whether the owner of the farm you worked on was concealing their glyphosate usage from their certifier (surprisingly hard, the certification process is pretty intense), or if this farmer was doing uncertified work which is often marketed as “pesticide free” or “no spray”. Alternatively, some people market crops as “organic (uncertified)”, which doesn’t really mean anything legally, and so a farmer can pretty much do whatever they want as long as they’re not poisoning their customers. [0] https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/GuideForOrganicCropProducers.pdf https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/GuideForO...