Did Organic Food Just Become Fake Food?

Ever wonder how your crisp, organic kale comes to your table without hundreds of tiny bug holes drilled into it?

Perhaps you thought all that squeaky clean, organic produce sitting in your shopping cart was pesticide-free?

What you need to quickly wrap your head around real quick is that “organic” produce is sprayed with an “organic” pesticide. And all pesticides share a common goal: to repel living things.

Look, bugs eat profits, I know this and so do large-scale organic farmers. And make no mistake, farming is hard work but there isn’t a farmer alive who’s about to risk crop failure and financial ruin just to bring you a fresh head of lettuce.

Here’s where the organic line gets a little murky …

According to the USDA, the organic label only restricts the use of synthetic pesticides. Pesticides like copper sulfate and rotenone are permitted to be sprayed directly onto your organic produce.

In 2012, evolutionary biologist Christie Wilcox explained in a Scientific American article, that “organic” pesticides (such as copper sulfate) can be toxic and when digested and in large amounts…