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Re:Trying to Solve the L.E.D. Quandary by Swizec on Thursday October 06, 2016 @08:30PM (#12657290)
Honest question: Would this type of production be considered organic? There's no pesticides and such, but it's also not quite "natural".
Re:Trying to Solve the L.E.D. Quandary by 0xcde4c3db on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:49PM (#12657591)
I think it depends on which definition one subscribes to. Broadly speaking, there are two major lenses through which "organic" is viewed:

1) Focuses on holistic management, rejects intensive injection of industrial inputs into the farm/garden, and emphasizes applications of emergent activity of native species rather than aggressive "pest control".

2) Focuses on keeping "unnatural" chemicals or genes out of / off of the food.

I think this approach would tend to look organic under lens #2 but not lens #1. Various definitions of "organic" lend different weights to them and introduce other considerations, though.