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When it comes to consumers’ food-buying decisions today, perhaps no single symbol is more powerful and influential than a seal confirming a food meets the USDA’s definition of “organic.” To consumers, the symbol means an assurance that an agricultural product such as beef or celery has been produced using only naturally occurring fertilizers, pesticides, and other inputs.1 To producers, the USDA organic seal means higher costs, but also the opportunity to charge consumers more for that beef or celery. |
