Organic Food: How “Organic” is it?

The organic food market has become the fastest-growing sector of the food industry, blossoming over the years into a business that rakes in $23 billion each year. Part of the reason for organic food’s success, however, could be that the government has slowly eased the standards for what receives a U.S. Department of Agriculture “organic” label.
 
For example, organic baby formula may now contain synthetic additives that USDA employees found, three years ago, to be unsuitable for inclusion in a product with an organic label. Getting the government to change its mind only required lobbying from the makers of the baby …read more