This organization oversees all agriculture, including organic agriculture.
What is United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
100
Any substance that is used to kill unwanted pests.
What are pesticides?
100
This substance is made from rotted and decomposed plants and manure and used as fertilizer
What is compost?
100
Bulk, Grocery, Bulk Herbs, Produce, Meat, Cheese
What are our certified organic departments?
100
Only products that are 95% organic ingredients or higher may bear this symbol.
What is the USDA organic seal?
200
This is official name of the organization and rules for organic standards.
What is National Organic Program?
200
The process of combining genes from one living thing into another animal, plant, bacteria or virus.
What is genetic engineering (or genetic modification)?
200
This technique calls for planting different crops in different places on the farm each year.
What is crop rotation?
200
The best selling organic product in the stores.
What are bananas?
200
Anyone can print the word "organic" on this part of a food label- Even those NOT certified organic.
What is the ingredient list?
300
Our organic certifier, also known as MOSA.
What is Midwest Organic Services Association?
300
While gross, this waste substance is often used to fertilize conventional farms and can spread bacteria.
What is sewage sludge?
300
These plants are planted between rows of crops or on unused land and are often tilled into the soil without being harvested.
What are cover crops?
300
This action symbolizes that you have checked in an order, inspected the delivery truck for possible contaminants and made sure organic integrity was maintained during delivery.
What is signing the invoice?
300
These are the only two ingredients not required to be organic in a 100% organic product.
What are water and salt?
400
Not quite certified organic, but using organic methods with the intention of becoming certified.
What is transitional?
400
The length of time that a farm must NOT have used pesticides or synthetic fertilizers in order to become certified organic.
What is three years?
400
Organic dairy cows must do this for at least 120 days.
What is graze on pasture?
400
This is the final step in cleaning surfaces that come into contact with organic foods.
What is a water rise?
400
These words appear on the labels of foods WE process in our stores from organic ingredients.
What is "Certified organic by MOSA"
500
This list notes all synthetic ingredients allowed for organic and all natural ingredients NOT allowed for organic.
What is the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances?
500
The radura symbol indicates that a product has been treated with this process (and is not organic).
What is irradiation?
500
This bacteria can be sprayed on organic crops to kill pests, as a natural pesticide.
What is bT?
500
The produce department uses these substances to clean knives, cutting boards and other surfaces.
What are Dr. Bronner's soap, vinegar and a water rinse.
500
Only 3 foods may be listed after this organic claim that appears on some food packages containing 70-95% organic ingredients.