Organic Foods
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- 2. The Canadian Organic _________ governs organic food standards within Canada.
- 4. A chemical used to repel unwanted bugs and other organisms.
- 6. Open-pollinated and heirloom seeds are naturally _________ so you can sow their seeds next season.
- 7. Organic standards are very similar to Canada in this country.
- 8. Organic farming aims to help protect the _________.
- 10. Foods that are grown or made without the use of synthetic fertilizers, man-made pesticides, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics or growth hormones.
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- 1. Food must be at least this percent organic ingredients in order to label itself as "organic."
- 3. This type of seed has been genetically modified.
- 5. These types of plants make pest control easy without the use of chemicals.
- 9. Crop _________ helps to balance soil nutrients.
- 11. An organism that has been given a gene it does not usually express in order to improve performance.
- 12. Accredits organizations to certify organic products.