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NW Iowa | My litter comes from Rembrandt.
To your question, I would say "no." But I would also add that most organic food buyers are looking at choices in their buying decisions. The organic community has not promised 100% purity. But, most of the organic consumers are aware that today's modern "chemical" farming practices are not used in organic production. Organic is enough of a step away from conventional products that it's worth their extra "nickel."
Actually, the purists in the organic community would desire that no manure from CAFOs is allowed. Certain export markets for our products make this a requirement. The ideal would be, and always has been, that manure should be composted vs. raw manure application. The reality is that the soil is the best "composter" to be found and has it's own way of "remediating" various compounds. So agronomically, apply raw manure. The "catch" is that the organic meat demand at the retail level has not grown enough to create enough of an organic manure supply. Dairy was the initial retail star. Now poultry (chicken, turkey, eggs) are leading the demand. But not enough organic manure to go around...
Again, IMO, the big message lost in all of this is that success in business is dependent on knowing your customer. For example, Apple didn't make the best MP3 player. But it created a product that consumers desire. Organic farmers are simply meeting the demand created by a certain food buying customer. Commodity guys may resent that, but they've chosen to compete in a different space.
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Going organic
