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The potential of modern organic farming is thus largely unrealised, but organic and local food markets are reaching a tipping point.  The rise of organic farming was driven by small, independent producers, and by consumers.  The organic movement has develped in response to this growing demand.

In the 1980s, around the world, various farming and consumer groups began seriously pressuring for government regulation of organic production. The federal government began taking the first steps toward regulating organic, and so-called natural, foods.

Laws Governing Organic Products

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