CNN.com - China farmers cash in on organic craze - Oct. 20, 2003: "Organic farming systems are widely regarded as ecologically safe, although some environmentalists in China worry they could encroach on local forests and grasslands.
As experts in the organic field flock to Jilin and Heilongjiang to train and to contract local farmers, there are also some fly-by-night investors who risk damaging the sector by expanding it too rapidly and recklessly. "