As a farmer once explained to me:
"What does Certified Organic mean?
— It means they haven't caught you sprayin'"
"What does Certified Organic mean?
— It means they haven't caught you sprayin'"
During my time in high end restaurants we came across a lot of small-scale vegetable farmers that used zero chemicals of any sort and grew objectively amazing, delicious and natural produce, but couldn't afford to pay the government to inspect and certify.