Artificial chemical

When a substance has been obtained in its natural form (from a mine, the farm, a plant, an animal etc) it is generally considered to be a natural chemical or a natural substance.

Go to the home page: OrganicExchange.com.au for more grazing & farming info you can walk out & use
Site conditions
No body represents this as:
free from omissions
free from errors
suitable for your use
nor as advice.
Your situation is different from anyone else's. Make informed decisions and if necessary get advice

However, if anything has happened other than grinding and some simple physical (rather than chemical) mixing, it is likely that there has been a chemical change.

Simple physical rather than chemical mixing refers to situations such as the stirring together of two or more substances that do not react with each other and so this doesn't lead to chemical change.

A chemical change means that there has been a change in the chemical structure. This may mean one or more elements or compounds splitting, combining or reforming to make one or more new substances. There may have been energy put in or given off.

Any non-natural chemical change means the substance is now considered synthetic or artificial and therefore is generally not acceptable for an organic farmer.

Note that it takes more than just not using artificial chemicals to make an organic farmer.

An organic farmer needs

to be working towards more sustainability
to have their farm working well without artificial chemicals and
to be successful at keeping pest problems down.

Artificial chemical and Synthetic chemical mean essentially the same.

If you would like to contact us, please use this link.

If you are looking at a printed version of this page and you would like to visit it on the internet and get a stack of other info that may assist you, the full web address is
http://www.OrganicExchange.com.au/all/fw100019.htm

All material on this website is copyright 2007 Michael Burlace, The Organic Exchange Pty Ltd and others as shown. Material on this website may be downloaded and printed for your personal use only.

FarmRef and Organic Exchange are registered trademarks and Info you can walk out & use is a trademark of Michael Burlace.

This page was updated on December 27, 2007