A set of standards for growing food and raising livestock. It does not just mean "grown without artificial chemicals." Depending on where you obtain your food, the label 'organic' can mean one of three things:
1: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a bunch of tree-hugging hippie nut jobs with no scientific background.
2: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a profit-making (and therefore probably untrustworthy) corporation, or simply labelled organic by the person or shop selling it.
3: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a non-profit organisation which bases its standards on the latest scientific thinking, in order to improve human and animal health and welfare, with a view towards long term sustainability in the way we eat. A good example of such a charity is The Soil Association (www.soilassociation.org).
1: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a bunch of tree-hugging hippie nut jobs with no scientific background.
2: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a profit-making (and therefore probably untrustworthy) corporation, or simply labelled organic by the person or shop selling it.
3: It has been inspected and certified as being organic by a non-profit organisation which bases its standards on the latest scientific thinking, in order to improve human and animal health and welfare, with a view towards long term sustainability in the way we eat. A good example of such a charity is The Soil Association (www.soilassociation.org).
Proper organic farming does not use artificial chemical fertilisers, instead building soil fertility through crop rotations and other SCIENTIFIC techniques, particularly the use of clover that fixes nitrogen naturally from the atmosphere using the Sun’s energy and photosynthesis.
If the government subsidised organic farming as much as it subsidised regular farming, organic fruit and veg would probably be cheaper.
If the government subsidised organic farming as much as it subsidised regular farming, organic fruit and veg would probably be cheaper.
by Sensible Bob August 2, 2008
pronounced: OR-gan; like "organic" without the "ic" a subspecies of the population that can be described in no other fashion; these individuals have very strange and specific qualifications; often included in this group are those who shop at Whole Foods, drive Jettas, congregate at Starbucks, have black-rimmed glasses, are vegan, are tree huggers, are feminist, have dreadlocks, make their own clothes, enjoy anything having to do with hemp or henna, write poetry, relate entirely to Alanis Morisette, are obsessed with recycling and conserving energy, and other earthy qualities; as an adjective, can be described as "organic"
by organ-haters September 6, 2006
by srcew you March 15, 2010
by anarcissie July 7, 2009
Verb. Organized Old English way of spelling. Modern equivalent: Organised.
However, Colonial countries have not evolved yet so spell the proper way.
However, Colonial countries have not evolved yet so spell the proper way.
by antmaster September 4, 2006
by Thygeekgoddess July 22, 2017
Also known as "orgasmic." People will use the word organic to describe an orgasmicly hott person in public
by askDx3 May 18, 2009