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Ever wonder what organic food really is?

To put simply, organic food is defined as food that is grown naturally without the usage of any kind of preservatives or artificial pesticides. In December 2000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established a national standard for the term "organic". Organic food must be produced without the use of fertilizer, pesticides, genetic engineering, growth hormones and antibiotics.

Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. If non-organic ingredients are present, at least a certain percentage of the food's total plant and animal ingredients must be organic (95% in the United States, Canada, and Australia) and any non-organically produced ingredients are subject to various agricultural requirements. Foods claiming to be organic must be free of artificial food additives, and are often processed with fewer artificial methods, materials and conditions, such as chemical ripening, food irradiation, and genetically modified ingredients. Pesticides are allowed so long as they are not synthetic.

Source: wikipedia.org, myhealthguardian.com
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