Organic farming: A Step Up from Agribusiness

One might question the merits of organic farming. Products are more expensive, harder to find and not nearly as perfect looking as chemically farmed products, but the pros far outweigh the cons when you take a look at the facts.
Which would you, or your children, rather be eating: Miracle Grow, Round Up, and other petroleum based chemicals, or nutritious vegetables untouched by chemicals? And which would you rather have in the air, the earth, and the water? I don't know about you, but a little manure makes me more comfortable than the chemicals even the government has recognized as health hazards.
I. ORGANIC REGULATIONS
The government has recently passed national requirements for organic products. The specifications of organic have become much more detailed, leaving no room for a non-organic company to profit off use of the word organic on their packaging.
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