Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
What’s dumb about the way we define organic food?
Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
There are different certification bodies with widely different standards.
USDA certification is a rubber stamp. The best of the best in the US is probably the Oregon Tilth badge.