Organic Food Movement
"The most important legacy of Silent Spring, though, was a new public awareness that nature was vulnerable to human intervention."
- "The Story of Silent Springs", Natural Resources Defense Council
- "The Story of Silent Springs", Natural Resources Defense Council
Americans actively sought new avenues to combat the influence of chemical pesticides on their dinner plates.
"American consumers are increasingly going organic."
-Stampler, Laura. "Organic Food Sales Are on the Rise." Time Magazine, 13 May 2014 "The organic movement had sprung directly from the customers’ demand as they became sick of the health hazards associated with the use of chemicals in food and household products."
-"History of the Organics Movement." The Organics Institute |
Organic Food Production Act of 1990
(1) to establish national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced prod-ucts (2) to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard (3) to facilitate interstate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced" -"Organic Food Production Act of 1990." US Department of Agriculture, 1990. |