What Are Organic Foods?

Organic grain and produce is:

• grown without synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or sewage sludge
• grown with minimal use of natural pesticides
• not genetically engineered
• not irradiated
• shipped and handled without fumigants and pesticides

Organically raised livestock and poultry are:

• given organically grown feed
• not fed materials such as plastic, sawdust, excrement, or the renderings of animals
• not doused in pesticides
• not dosed with hormones or antibiotics
• given access to pasture

Organic processed foods:

• are made from organic ingredients
• generally have fewer and less unhealthy additives than conventional processed foods
• have no genetically engineered ingredients
• are processed with methods that avoid solvents and most synthetic additives