Are your products organic or treated with pesticides ?Thanks
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We love using Palouse Garbanzos, but I was not sure on the Pesticides issue. After contacting Palouse directly, this was their response:"Thank you for your interest in our Garbanzo Beans. We do use some pesticides on our farm, however we've been certified by the Food Alliance as a sustainable farm and are not allowed to use certain pesticides as part of the certification. If you're interested in more information regarding their certification requirements and to see the list of restricted pesticides, please go to foodalliance.org."..Hope this helps!
1510550
We love using Palouse Garbanzos, but I was not sure on the Pesticides issue. After contacting Palouse directly, this was their response: "Thank you for your interest in our Garbanzo Beans. We do use some pesticides on our farm, however we've been certified by the Food Alliance as a sustainable farm and are not allowed to use certain pesticides as part of the certification. If you're interested in more information regarding their certification requirements and to see the list of restricted pesticides, please go to foodalliance.org." ..Hope this helps!
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If they are treated with some pesticides, they are likely not organic, although I believe there are natural anti-pest remedies that are still allowed under organic status.
1510552
I am not sure about that, however with their statement "Our food products are NOT Irradiated", I would think that they were not treated with harmful pesticides.
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I emailed Food Alliance to ask if they permit growers to use glyphosate. They replied that it's permitted as part of a weed control program and also stated "The World Health Organization does not list glyphosate as an acute toxin (category 1a or 1b), so Food Alliance does not specifically prohibit its use. WHO does list glyphosate as a probable carcinogen (category 2a)."
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To the best of my knowledge the product is not organic. But it really works. Besides energy I last much longer.
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This is written on the box: No preservatives or sulfites added. You can contact them directly at:Cherry Central Cooperative.Inc, PO Box 988, TRaverse City. MI 49685 to ask about the use of pesticides. I've been ordering from this company for over 9 years and have never had a problem with this product.
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The cultivation ponds of organic and premium products are located in the same areas and use the same source of spring water. So both organic and premium products are free from heavy metal contamination, pollution, chemicals, pesticides and herbicides. The quality control systems are the same for both of them. We therefor can offer you the highest quality product at a price that the average person can afford. At least that is our goal.
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Hi Mike,Hope this finds you in good health and in good spirits!We are not able to grow completely organic due to strict USDA guidelines for pest control for citrus stock. Our primary insecticide for bug control is Spinosad and for fungus control we use Copper Fungacide. When you receive the tree we recommend going organic with the primary pest control via use of horticultural oil. We hope this helped.George
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I know that their advertisements state organic so I suppose this is. I does not contain and preservatives or additives. I hope this helps.
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from most of what i read and experienced,,,yes,,,,shelf life is pretty good toochanging answer.hmm, sorry, but It doesn't actually say organic. However, seems its the best choice out there. Other comments here are appropriate.
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I don't know. It should say where the product is described. It is a great product whether it is organic or not.
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The Organic version is made without the use of pesticides, genetic engineering, and so on. This might be helpful to you: http://www.organic.org/home/faq
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A product can only be labeled ORGANIC if is NON-GMO. If you would like more info : http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/17/organic-101-can-gmos-be-used-in-organic-products/ Hope it helped.
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I buy this brand because the only ingredient is coconut. There are no "fraken-foods" ingredients such as guar gums, carragean, etc. In addition, the cans are bpa free. Organic means no pesticides. If you have non organic without artifical ingredients you should be in pretty good shape.
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I'm looking at the jar. It's non-gmo verified. It does not specifically "pesticide free" or "organic".
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That is what I have understood about the term organic. Also, natural composting to boost soil rather than store fertilizer. I would contact the company directly before taking advice from a stranger.
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Sorry, I ran out of these a few days ago and am waiting for my next shipment of them. I really liked them but didn't notice if there was organic on the package or not. I find that Bob's Red Mill will list in the description of an item if it is organic. It is not listed so it must not be!!
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Sulfites are used in many food products as preservatives and as such cause allergic responses in those sensitive. It also causes headaches and in the worst case scenario causes migranes. Organic products would be free of pesticides and heavy metals
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No. If it doesn't state organic on the packaging then it's probably not. Companies never miss a chance to plaster Organic all over their packaging, it gives the product an advantage.
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Technically an organic product is only proven to be organic if it has been labeled with the USDA label. So these may advertise as organic, but without the USDA certification you can't really be sure.