This past December, Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman announced a proposed a new national set of standards for the burgeoning organic food industry. The new rules aim to set a uniform national standard about what is and what is not organic.
One area that has generated the most attention has been whether genetically engineered organisms and bio-tech food products should be included as organic.
Guests:
- Joe Mendelson, an attorney with Organic Watch, a coalition of environmental groups and organic farmers critical of the proposed US Department of Agriculture regulations.
- Alan Goldhammer, the executive director for technical affairs of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the leading voice for the biotechnology industry in Washington, D.C.
Related links:
- Mother Jones Magazine–“Organic Engineering”
- Yahoo’s Organic listings
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