ORGANIC FARMERS BASH FDA RESTRICTIONS ON MANURE USE

Source: NPR

Many organic farmers are hopping mad at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and their reason involves perhaps the most underappreciated part of agriculture: plant food, aka fertilizer. Specifically, the FDA, as part of its overhaul of food safety regulations, wants to limit the use of animal manure. "We think of it as... (read more)