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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A limited list of pesticides can be used in organic food production only after all other levels (A and B) have failed and, if used, must be reported and labeled. So look for "pesticide free" on the label if the allowed organic pesticides concern you.

Level C, § 205.206 (e), is the application of allowed materials, specifically listed as approved, which are limited to generally:

• Biological pesticides (living, like the fungi Beauveria bassiana or a biproduct of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis)
• Botanical pesticides (plant based products like neem and garlic oil -- botanicals may only be approved as a last resort)
• Dormant and summer oils
• Fatty acid insecticidal soaps 
• Minerals (e.g. diatomaceous earth, and kaolin clay)
• Pheromones (technically not pesticides since they don't kill, but regulated as such anyway)
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And an organic farmer I was listening too said he feels that someone of these will probably eventually be considered dangerous in some way because the rules are always changing.  He said he was an organic farmer because the profit margins are much higher but he does not worry about what he eats.[/quote]

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