The organic label always cracks me up. "Organic Tomatoes" As opposed to the ones that aren't a carbon-based life form?
I don't blame anyone for using weed control, as herbicides have their place and everyone knows I have used my share of them, not to mention some really nasty concoctions that border on being Agent Orange type stuff. Man we had some nasty, nasty stuff on the farm to kill vegatation.
(Now I am not making fun of the Agent Orange Stuff, my Dad got dumped on quite a few times in that nasty jungle and gets a disability check because of the effects of that. Since those problems are passed on genetically to any children, I am sure I got some nasties in me too.)
As for the Organic Tomatoes, I used to make fun of Organic stuff too until I started feeding only organic stuff to my daughter. You would be surprised what a difference there is in taste. Some surprises are organic peanut butter, milk, cheese and organic cheerios. Totally different taste, though I did nearly puke on a tofu chicken finger.
The thing about organic stuff is not whats in it, but what's not. A tomato, is a tomato is a tomato, but one that is grown in raised beds made out of pressure treated wood, had urea used for fertilizer, (or worse yet...human waste), and has been sprayed with insecticides and herbicides sure isn't the same as an organic tomato.
Its the same with beef, pork or lamb..huge difference in taste, plus you are not eating artificial growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics. At 900 pages, the National Organic Standards by the USDA is pretty strict and woe to anyone that tries to make money off of organics without passing the certification process,the USDA is going all out to protect the USDA Organic Label.
Right now I am looking into producing Organic Lamb and its almost impossible because of the parasites sheep commonly get. To raise sheep without booster shots or antibiotics is nearly impossible from what I can tell, and as is, I have to certify my sheep livestock and any ground that produces feed for those sheep. One pressure treated fence post will do your organic certification in. (It would leach into the ground, the grass would suck it up, and the sheep would eat the grass which would taint the meat or wool of the sheep. That is the whole premise of organic food, its wholesome food from the very beginning).