The reason behind that shortfall highlights an increasingly acute problem in the organic industry. Most chickens eat feed made from ground-up corn and soybeans, but Americas farmers are not growing enough organic corn and soybeans — especially soybeans — to feed the countrys organic animals. Edgar Jaime (right) and his brother Jose Luis unload organic vegetables from their farm in Santa Monica, Calif. Now that U.S. and European organic standards are equivalent, more American organic farmers will be able to export to Europe. THE SALT Coming Soon To Your Grocery Aisle: Organic Food From Europe We continue to be frustrated finding enough domestic production to meet domestic demand, says Lynn Clarkson, a grain trader in Cerro Gordo, Ill., who buys and sells organic soybeans. Whos filling that gap? Increasingly, farmers in China, India and Argentina. Its led to the following situation, which on the face of it seems bizarre. The U.S., a soybean superpower, ships conventional soybeans all over the world to feed animals in places like China. Meanwhile, in China, farmers are growing organic soybeans and sending them here. The U.S. now gets more than half of its organic soybeans from abroad. The biggest suppliers are China and India.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/26/283112526/chickens-laying-organic-eggs-eat-imported-food-and-its-pricey
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