http://www.fmi.org/gr/USDA_OrganicProgram.pdf
This article directly relates to the reading in ch. 13 - 15. It is about the guidelines and rules set by the USDA concerning the storage, packaging, and shipping of organic foods, like tomatoes, which the author described in great length. It also relates to when the author was talking about the old tobacco plant - how the tomatoes had to be stored at a very certain temperature (56 degrees) and when she talked about how consumers at grocery stores only getting the perfect fruits and vegetables. The oddly shaped fruits or vegetables, or ones damaged otherwise, were thrown out before getting to the grocery. The article also states the rules for packaging, which i think sort soils the ideals of organic food by creating a lot more pollution with the excess waste and pollution.
-Calvin Nania
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