Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organic food: an overview / Katherine J. Chen -- National standards for organic food / National Organic Program -- Consumers should support organic foods / Alan Greene -- Consumers should not support organic foods / Rob Johnston -- Non-organic foods are coated with pesticides / Vegetarians in Paradise -- Organic fertilizers pose more health risks than pesticides / Stanley Feldman -- The mass-marketing of organic food presents an ethical dilemma / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- Large companies compromise the organic food movement / Family Farm Defenders -- Large companies play an important role in the organic food movement / Samuel Fromartz -- Organic food is worth the extra expense / Alex Johnson -- Organic food is not worth the extra expense / Andrew Ellison -- Government subsidies could lower the cost of organic food / Christy Harrison -- The organic food market faces many challenges / Kimberley Kindy -- "Natural" food labels are not the same as "organic" labels / Stepfanie Romine -- Organic farming offers learning opportunities for volunteer workers / Tracie Cone -- Organic farm workers are as mistreated as non-organic farm workers / Jason Mark.