Organic food production involves following stringent environment friendly standards in every stage of production, right from farming to processing and retailing. Organic food is produced in the following manner:

Organic Food Farming:

• The seeds used for organic farming are organic in nature. Crops grown from genetically modified seeds cannot be labeled as organic.
• Chemical fertilizers are not used in organic food production. Instead, organic fertilizers, compost, mulches, organic matter, etc., are used to increase the fertility of the soil.
• Chemical pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides are not used in organic farming and organic gardening. The organic alternatives are organic pesticides, organic herbicides, organic insecticides and organic fungicides. People also use other means to control weeds, pests and diseases. These include multiple cropping, trap crops, mulches, frogs, toads, companion crops, etc. For example, sweet corn acts as an excellent trap crop for organic tomato production. Sweet corn attracts tomato fruitworm and thus protects tomato crop when inter-planted with it.
• In case of organic animal products usage of hormones, chemically enhanced feed, antibiotics is not permitted.

Organic Food Processing and handling:

• Processing is done without the use of any chemicals such as chemical solvents. For example, normally, coconut oil is obtained through solvent extraction. However, organic coconut oil is obtained by crushing organic coconuts a mechanical expeller.
• Organic food does not involve using chemicals as preservatives, bleaching agents, deodorizers, etc.

Organic Food Packaging:

• The manufacturer should seek organic certification and should use the label of the certification body as prescribed.
• The organic label should be used as indicated by the certification body and should clearly indicate if the product is 100% organic or 70% organic and so on.
• The list of ingredients should be clearly indicated on the product.

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RADI  - good info 2009-11-01 12:07:20 hi guys....i am doing doing a poster on why organIC food is better than non organIC food and YOUR INFO REALLY HELPED....THANKS ALOT...I COULDNT FIND ANY INFO BUT WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE...I GOT ALL THE INFORMATION. Reply

chloe  - helloo 2009-06-29 03:37:38 helloo organic people how are you.? ermm i dont quit understand how organic food is produced you site does not give the amount of information i aquire please write more to explain the prioritie of organic food THANKYOU Reply

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