I believe that Organic certification needs to be limited to soil farming because that is the basis of being certified to begin with. I also believe in establishing a separate certification for ...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 - Can hydroponics – fruit and vegetable growing systems that don’t use soil – be certified as organic farming? The Agriculture Department’s answer is likely ...

It cites the hydroponic-free organic standards of Mexico, Canada and most of Europe — standards that apply to home markets but evaporate when products arrive in the U.S. and qualify for a ...

Hydroponic Veggies Are Taking Over Organic, And A Move To Ban Them Fails : The Salt Many organic tomatoes or peppers are grown in greenhouses, where they get nutrients from water. Critics say that ...

Organic status of hydroponics back on the docket at NOSB semi-annual meeting this week. By Elizabeth Crawford. 17-Apr-2017 Last updated on 30-Jul-2017 at 04:51 GMT.

(Beyond Pesticides, March 26, 2021) Certified organic, soil-based growers were dealt a blow on March 22 when a U.S. District Court in San Francisco ruled that soil-less hydroponic growing operations ...

Hydroponics ruled allowable under organic law. Published 12:30 pm Monday, September 26, 2022 ...

Organic food producers, particularly the large corporate entities, are just selling the misleading notion of "naturalness", and charging more for it. A recent agricultural development that further ...

Chapman and dozens of other organic farmers protested the meeting of the National Organic Standards Board in Jacksonville, Fla., earlier this week as “last-ditch” effort to keep hydroponic ...