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The USDA program has diminished the core values of organic, we are in danger of losing the very meaning of the word organic. When we unite around healthy soil and pasture-based organic farming, we are supporting a key value-proposition. Farming and eating organically are better for the environment, better for animals, and better for the health of all people involved.

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