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Green FAQs, Part 3

Why does organic fresh produce often look worse than conventional produce?
If you mean a carrot that is not perfectly straight or an apple that does not gleam, then it is probably because organic produce is not manipulated in order to look good. In the organic world, food is judged as much on content as looks, [...]

Green FAQs, Part 2

What about workers - do they fare better?
The term ‘organic’ does not automatically mean that a product is fairly traded as well. There is a separate mark to look out for - the Fair Trade mark - if you want to be absolutely certain that workers are paid a fair wage, work in safe and [...]

Green FAQs, Part 1

How can I tell whether something is organic?
Organic is a legal definition when applied to food, so for a food to be labelled or sold as organic it must have been produced according to national organic farming and processing standards, and this is true worldwide. In the case of processed foods, such as cookies. US [...]