The question of whether hydroponic production can be certified as organic now rests with a panel of federal appeals court judges, who seemed to be inclined to affirm a lower court decision allowing ...

A federal judge in California last March found in favor of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s ruling that hydroponics can be labeled as USDA Organic foods. The Center for Food Safety and several ...

Produce grown without soil can continue to be organically certified, a federal judge has ruled, deferring to USDA’s interpretation of the Organic Foods Production Act. The OFPA “does not speak ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- The global organic farming market is expected to hit $103 billion dollars this year, up 8% from last year. In the U.S., part of the growth is due to high-tech indoor farming.

Arguments that Congress intended to ban hydroponically grown crops from organic certification did not appear to persuade a judge overseeing a legal dispute over what foods can be labeled “organic.” ...

Organic food producers, which eschew synthetic pesticides for "natural" ones, regularly market their products as more sustainable than conventional offerings, but they're not. An analysis of 71 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A legal fight over whether hydroponic crops can be labeled “organic” played out Wednesday at the Ninth Circuit, where a panel of judges seemed unconvinced that dirt is a required ...

STOWE >> Some organic crop farmers don't want crops raised sans soil in hydroponic greenhouses to carry the "organic" label, and to make their point, they dumped a pile of compost in a parking lot on ...

For years, organic advocates have spoken out against regulations over one big issue: dirt. There is a major divide in the organic agriculture world, with multiple factions debating whether hydroponic ...

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U.S. District Court in San Francisco ruled this week that USDA was correct in certifying organic hydroponic operations as eligible for the National Organic Program (NOP). It was a victory for the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2020) Soil is central to organic production. Therefore, hydroponic operations should not be considered eligible for organic certification, and the National Organic Program ...