What is Organic anyway?
The concept of organic food is simple: If it's produced without the aid of chemical pesticides and only processed with natural additives, it's organic (The Natural Resource Defence Council).

99% of the ingredients we use at The Bread Company Montclair are certified organic. This includes the flours, grains and seeds, dried fruit and maple syrup, the rice milk the soy milk, the fresh vegetables and cheese, the organic drinks, sodas, coffee and tea and the fresh vegetables and more!

These organic ingredients are all grown without the use of artificial, man made chemicals, synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. They are grown on farms that have strict Organic Regulations placed upon them, the soils and products are tested regularly to ensure compliance.

Organic Certification requires rigorous and dedicated effort, but results in a product free of chemical and biological contamination. Products like these!

Why Organic?
We wouldn't do it if we didn't HAVE to. The unfortunate thing is that the majority of food products ARE made with a whole host of tainted ingredients.........we don't want that for our customers.

The concept of organic food is simple: If it's produced without the aid of chemical pesticides and only processed with natural additives, it's organic food. Included in the phrase "only natural additives" are the rules, that Organic food:

• Must be derived from organisms that have not been genetically engineered. For instance, maize plants genetically engineered to resist the European corn borer could not be used to produce organic corn.

• Must be grown without the use of the following:
  
  
  • Living organisms that have been genetically engineered. For instance, Bt toxin, an insecticide could not be used if it is produced using genetically engineered bacterial strains.

• Non living products derived in whole or part from genetically engineered organisms. For instance, a hormone such as rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone), which is produced in genetically engineered bacteria, could not be used in producing organic milk.

• They shall be processed without additives or processing agents that are genetically engineered, and shall not be derived through processes involving genetically engineered organisms. For instance, organic cheese could not be produced using genetically engineered enzymes, such as chymosin.

• Organic food shall be grown or produced by methods that prevent the transfer by natural means (such as cross pollination) of genetically engineered DNA or genes to the plants or animals under production.

• They shall be processed, transported, and stored in a way that prevents contamination by genetically engineered materials.

• They shall be analyzed at appropriate points during production, processing, and transport to ensure contamination has not taken place.

Facts from:
IFOAM International Scientific Conference, Argentina; Organic Agriculture, the Credible Solution for the 21st Century. Urs Niggli, How to Keep Organic Food Free of Genetically Engineered Organisms.
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The Natural Resource Defence Council