Why does Vermont Organic certification matter?

We recently visited Katie Rose Leonard at Head Over Fields Farm in Charlotte to talk about why she chose to get certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers:

 

 

"Organic agriculture and protecting the environment are one in the same. They go hand-in-hand... Vermont Organic means to me that it was produced in a way that isn't harmful to our land, our soil, our water, or really any living thing."

- Katie Rose Leonard, owner & farmer at Head Over Fields in Charlotte, VT