Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Organic Food: An Overview Katherine J. Chen 11
2 National Standards for Organic Food: United States Department of Agriculture 19
3 Consumers Should Not Support Organic Foods Rob Johnston 23
4 Non-Organic Foods Are Coated with Pesticides Vegetarians in Paradise 29
5 Organic Fertilizers Pose More Health Risks than Pesticides Stanley Feldman 35
6 The Mass-Marketing of Organic Food Presents an Ethical Dilemma Katherine Mangu-Ward 44
7 Large Companies Compromise the Values of the Organic Food Movement: Family Farm Defenders 49
8 Large Companies Play an Important Role in the Organic Food Movement Samuel Fromartz 55
9 Organic Food Is Worth the Extra Expense Alex Johnson 65
10 Organic Food Is Not Worth the Extra Expense Andrew Ellison 69
11 Government Subsidies Could Lower the Cost of Organic Food Christy Harrison 73
12 The Organic Food Market Faces Many Challenges: Kimberley Kindy 80
13 Organic Farming Offers Learning Opportunities for Volunteer Workers Tracie Cone 84
14 Organic Farm Workers Are as Mistreated as Non-Organic Farm Workers Jason Mark 88
Organizations to Contact 96
Bibliography 101
Index 105
