If you’ve been following the debate about whether additional “synthetic” substances should be allowed in the USDA’s Certified Organic program, read Samuel Fromartz’s post in the Huffington Post about the issue. Fromartz authored Organic, Inc. a few years ago, so he’s familiar with the ongoing debate about what should and should not be called organic.

Like many of the folks cited in Fromartz’s piece, I worry that consumers who read about this debate will start to believe the USDA Certified Organic label is meaningless. That would be a truly sad outcome, especially for all the pioneers who fought so hard to create a credible, meaningful Certified Organic label.