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	Shades of Green

Naomi-K

3-8-2008 8:38 PM

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How organic is organic? + Fast growing market. How can it stay authentic

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e6afd5a4-e55c-4bd4-86ca-ba96dbe91315/19AC9CF7-15DC-4104-A8C3-CE2D635A2F56/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pbs.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html"><P>In an industry where typical growth is around 1-2 percent, organics 
                have recently seen growth in the 20 percent range. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html"><P>The "100 Percent Organic" label allows only organic 
                ingredients and organic processing aids. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html"><P><IMG width="150" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="148" align="left" alt="farm" src="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/../../images/jan-june06/farm_2-08.jpg" />The 
                "Organic" label allows only foods containing 95 percent 
                or more organic ingredients and only a limited number of strictly 
                regulated non-organic ingredients. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html"><P>Finally, food labeled "Made with Organic" must contain 
                70 percent or more organic ingredients.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june06/organic_2-08.html"><P>"Regardless of the amount of organic ingredients within 
                the products, every organic choice encourages farming methods 
                that build healthy soil and a healthy environment," said 
                Katherine DiMatteo, former executive director of the Organic Trade 
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