{"id":732,"date":"2005-02-10T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/02\/10\/should-all-us-farms-be-organic\/"},"modified":"2005-02-10T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-10T15:41:00","slug":"should-all-us-farms-be-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/should-all-us-farms-be-organic\/","title":{"rendered":"Should All US Farms Be Organic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Roberts at Gristmill drew my attention to <a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2005\/2\/9\/114326\/1514\">an op-ed by Deborah Rich<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landinstitute.org\/\">Land Institute<\/a>&#8216;s Prarie Writer&#8217;s Circle. Fascinating piece: Rich argues that instead of fighting whether to allow GMOs at any level, we should be discussing the potential for moving to completely organic agriculture. 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