Organic Agriculture

Organic agriculture is a way of farming and food production that follows federal standards limiting synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, and certain other inputs. This topic covers how farms and food makers become certified, what the organic label stands for, and how the Department of Agriculture and its accredited certifying agents oversee the system.

People usually ask what organic means compared with natural and other food labels, what a farm must do to become certified, and how organic products are inspected. Questions also cover the support available to farmers who move to organic methods and how organic food is labeled.