Bee state news on Organic farming no so Organic

Interesting article from California this morning. Turns out most commercial Organic farms from this state have been unknowing using synthetic fertilizers

http://http://www.sacbee.com/288/story/1501772.html

" California Liquid Fertilizer sold what seemed to be an organic farmer's dream, brewed from fish and chicken feathers."

"But a state investigation caught the Salinas-area company spiking its product with ammonium sulfate, a synthetic "

Ammonium sulfate is a natural product and can be found in nature, but not it the amounts needed to maintian a fertilizer buisness. Under federal standards, the nitrogen in a fertilizer for organic farming must come from a natural source. But standard laboratory analyses used by organic regulators tell only how much nitrogen is in a fertilizer, not where it came from. Isotope testing was done to determine the source.

So when buying organic buy from a local source that you trust.