Food Grown Without Dirt Isn’t Organic, Farmers Say in Suit

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Food activists and farmers sued the Trump administration over its decision to let hydroponic operators use the prized “organic” label.

The Center for Food Safety and farmers from Maine to California say in the lawsuit that the decision “undermines the very integrity” of the country’s organic food label -- “that consumers trust and that organic farmers rely upon.”