1.   Consumers are reading labels and buying products that were raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.

2.   Harmony Products fortifies organic fertilizers, such as chicken droppings and sewage sludge, with synthetic fertilizers.

3.   He avoids using synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.

4.   In turn, farmers have grown more dependent on chemical herbicides and synthetic fertilizers, which boost yields and make it easier to farm more land.

5.   Loosely, growers are not to use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or herbicides in their farming and must keep records to that effect.

6.   Organic agriculture excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

7.   Organic farms use no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.

8.   Organic farming practices prohibit the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides for crops or antibiotics or hormones in livestock.