| dairyman78 - 7/23/2013 04:49
Also it's common knowledge that nicotine is also used as a natural pesticides on some organic farms.
It's also common knowledge that nicotine is prohibited by the USDA and most of every organic regulation agencies, and was prohibited by organic farmer organizations in the 80s or earlier already before certification authorities even existed. Especially for nicotine, which has so many approved replacement products that it's really not worth risking your certification and market trying to cheat. I am sure this happens or happened, there are black sheep everywhere, but most likely an extremely rare exception, so rare they never get caught by analyses.
I guess these exceptions have more to do with how the list of prohibited substances is redacted, it is listed as "tobacco dust (nicotine sulfate)" when it could be more both explicit and generic to include herbal teas made of the green leaves. Tobacco is not listed in the NOP authorized substances either, so organic farmers should not use it. A real organic farmer would be aware of all the fuss about neonicotinoids and honey bees, bumblebees and wild bees and wasps. |
Forbes article on the "Organic Religion".
