Farms: past perfect (B2)
Organic certification is a bureaucratic process rather than a philosophical one. An inspector examines records, soil tests and input receipts, and the land must be free of prohibited substances for a defined conversion period before anything can be labelled. That waiting period is where most farms fail, because they carry the higher costs of organic production while still selling at conventional prices. One cooperative in Paraná illustrates the problem well. When its certificate finally arrived in 2019, the members ___ organic methods for almost a decade, having converted long before any buyer offered them a premium. Their advantage now is not the label itself but the soil beneath it: years of cover cropping produced a structure that holds water through dry spells, which matters more each season.
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