Are organic and hydroponics a good fit?

The permissibility of hydroponics in organic agriculture is a source of on-going debate in Canada. Under current standards, soil-less culture appears not to be permitted, but some intriguing questions need answers in order to bring clarity to the issue.

A loophole under the 1999 Canadian National Organic Standard made hydroponics permissible (depending on the certification body) because guidelines for greenhouse production did not explicitly state production must be soil-based.

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