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Well, you can call your plants organic, but you can't label them organic; at least in the US you're required to be certified to use that term in labeling. ...a
by shadowmint 12y ago
Well, you can call your plants organic, but you can't label them organic; at least in the US you're required to be certified to use that term in labeling.
...and actually the claim is explicitly false.
205.602 Non-synthetic substances prohibited for use in
organic crop production
This is the National List of natural, or nonsynthetic,
materials that are specifically prohibited in organic
crop production. This list includes natural—but highly
toxic—materials, *such as arsenic*
See www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5101542
- drakaal 12y agoMy bad. I don't farm anymore, and am out of date. 2009 they changed the rules. Previously you could use Arsenic in Organic farming. http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/organic_arsenicals_fs.html http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/organic_arsenical...