According to experts at Ukraine's agricultural market, the greater part of the so-called organic products is not really being organic. Despite the fact that these products have all the necessary certificates, organic-labeled food is actually farmed with microfertilizers and chemical agents for plant protection. As a result, about 80% of Ukrainian organics is fake produce.
Today there are many "consultants" in the organics industry, who "teach" how and when to apply the chemicals lest mandatory laboratory testing should find that the so-called organic food contains pesticide residue.
Gleb Lukyanenko, director of the company Agroecology based in the Poltava region, says the shady business of the so-called "black organics consultants" diminishes the value of the results of honest organic producers. This would entail a reduction in the market prices of real organic food, and financial losses. Small wonder that the organic agricultural land area is decreasing in Ukraine.
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