Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards.
One of the proposals would allow struvite to be used as fertilizer.
Struvite is precipitated from waste water or can be claimed out of manure and food waste.
The white granular result is high in phosphorous.
The new rules would also crack down on producers who slip up on organic management.
There are also new wrinkles the required time between conventional management and organic.
