it’s is a scam tolik alot of farmers just get cert to get more cash. I am guilty of this, however I grow all things to the standard I would eat anything I produce. There is a certification called demeter which is super good but near impossible to get done as everything must come from within 50km of farm…
We get organic label so we can sell more product and follow thier certification guidelines however we don’t use any of the pesticides for crops and antibiotics allowed on food stock animals in 4 years one sow has been treated for a pneumonia after she got very ill and was not recoverify after 7 days and was getting so weak she could barely stand. She still produces piglets for us but not on the eating menu.
On a side note up here there is a new type of bee sickness it causes colony collapse in 10 days yeah from huge hive to completely dead 10 days. Only 6 of us have sent samples in and it kills the brood as well it looks like queen has irratic laying but it’s not. Some of the big hive producers only open hives 2 times a year here… I am sure there will be a nasty surprize for some of them. We lost one of 10 colonies. Bees have gone kinda crazy with weather seen one kill it’s queen 3 times this year.