Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/15/17

Can you call a tomato grown in a nutrient solution instead of dirt "organic"? Some purists don't think so. The National Organic Standards Board, which advises the U.S. Department of Agriculture, voted this month against a proposal to exclude hydroponics and aquaponics — the raising of plants without soil and fish using the same water — from the USDA's organic certification program.

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