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John Fielding,
CEO
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Rainbow Organic Farms has been such a successful small business that they won the Small Business Administration Tibbetts Award in December of 2000.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The National Organic Program requires that agricultural products labeled as organic originate from farms or handling operations certified by USDA accredited certification agents.
Certification is a process that allows an independent inspection of farms or processors to verify that they are following proper organic production practices commonly called organic standards.
Farms are let to selected tenant families and communities, who have demonstrated their commitment to organic farming and who have the necessary experience and resources to farm according to the requirements of an approved organic symbol scheme.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Glenbrook Farms Herbs and Such We carry over 600 herbs and spices along with an extensive line of bulk certified organic herbs.
Phillips Mushroom Farms grows organic Shiitake year round on supplemented oak sawdust.
Organic farms tend to grow a number of crops, rotating them from field to field, alternating them with cover crops planted to replenish nitrogen back in the soil.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Organic dairy farms do not treat cows with bovine growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics and only feed cows organic grains and grasses.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Farms growing organic crops in proximity to animal farms and wildlife refuges should be required to perform preharvest tissue testing and soil testing for animal pathogens, specifically E.
Because organic farms don't use synthetic pesticides, critics claim that losses due to pests would rise.
Organic farming cannot control loss of crops through insects or other pests when crops are grown on the large scale found on modern farms.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Organic agriculture offers a bright light in the troubled future of family farming, providing small farms with an economically and environmentally healthy alternative for their survival.
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