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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Our Market Philosophy
- SUPPORTS FARMERS WHO TAKE CARE OF THE LAND
- RECOGNIZES AN INTERDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT
- PROMOTES FOOD THAT IS LOCAL, SEASONAL AND SUSTAINABLY GROWN
- DECREASES RELIANCE ON CHEMICAL PESTICIDES
- PRESERVES FARMLAND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
- PROTECTS SOIL, WATER AND BIODIVERSITY
- SUPPORTS HUMANE AND ECOLOGICAL ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
- VALUES SMALL FAMILY FARMS
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ORGANIC MEANS…
- Since 2002, “organic” means certified organic in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act.
- No farmer/producer may sell, label or represent a product as “organic” in any form unless it has been certified organic by a USDA-accredited agency.
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