Growing Method Definitions
- Certified Organic
- Food grown sustainably, without the aid of synthetic chemical fertilizers or pesticides, that has been certified by the USDA.
- Conventional Farming
- conventional food growing methods that may include synthetic pesticides and/or fertilizer products.
- Biodynamic Farming
- an ultra-organic method of farming that may include synthetic pesticides and/or fertilizer products.
- Non-certified Organic
- sustainably-grown food that has not been certified by the USDA as organic.
- Certified Naturally Grown
- sustainably-grown food that has passed a certification program that assures food is grown in the most natural way.