As Kathy McManus said in her quote above, some people do not believe that organically grown foods are better for their health. Dena Bravata is an author who compared the nutritional value of organics and non-organics. She said, …show more content…
USDA 's National Organic Program (NOP) is an organic food label that has to meet certain requirements to be considered organic. Some of these requirements include: raising crops without pesticides, feeding animals organic feed, and producing products without genetic engineering (Sarasohn and Weiss). Organic labels come in four levels. Labels that say “one hundred percent organic” means that these products are made entirely with organic ingredients. Labels that just say “organics” are made without about ninety five percent organic ingredients, and labels that stay "made with organic or contain organic ingredients” have at least seventy percent organic ingredients in them (“The Complete”). Organic food labels that say are made with organic ingredients should have at least seventy percent of these ingredients made without the use of pesticides or other harmful things to your body