Organic Facts
What is Organic?
Organic
Preserves pollinator habitat, promotes biodiversity and builds healthy soil.
Organic farmers use practices such as cover cropping, crop rotation, composting and planting a diverse mix of crops to protect soil and water quality while enhancing biodiversity. These practices support soil health, preventing erosion and runoff, and work to sequester carbon and nutrients in the soil.
Reduces the amount of toxic chemicals in our environment and in our bodies.
Organic agriculture does not permit the use of synthetic chemical pesticides or herbicides. Most of the pesticides that are allowed in organic are derived from natural products, are low in toxicity and break down rapidly.
Excludes genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Organic farmers do not use GMO seeds, plants or animal feeds, and certified organic processed foods are not made with GMO ingredients.
Promotes humane production of livestock, without synthetic antibiotics, added growth hormones or GMO feed.
Animals raised for organic meat and dairy products are raised without synthetic antibiotics or added growth hormones, such as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). Additionally, organic livestock farmers ensure that animals have access to the outdoors and room to move, graze and develop according to their natural behaviors. Organic livestock cannot be fed GMO grains.
The MOFGA Certified Organic Label …
