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Posted: 2:15 PM Feb 4, 2010
Survey: Colorado Organic Production At $70.2M In 2008
Colorado farms sold $70.2 million in organic products in 2008.
Reporter: AP |
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Colorado farms sold $70.2 million in organic products in 2008.
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released results this week showing Colorado had 220 organic farms in 2008, and 34 percent of them had been in organic production for less than 10 years.
That includes farms that are certified organic and those that are exempt from certification because they have less than $5,000 in annual sales.
Food is considered organic if it's produced without pesticides, petroleum- or sewage sludge-based fertilizers, herbicides, genetic engineering, antibiotics, growth hormones or irradiation. Animals must be fed organic feed and have access to the outdoors. Figures for last year aren't available.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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this is good but we need to do more and also not let corporations dictate as they have been through lobbying congress to weaken the organic compliance requirements organic means organic not 90% not 98%
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