Usually buy organic potatoes that are grown in the US. Now will have to ask where the garnet yams come from at the store.

OK, Trudy, now you have to tell us now - what did you find in your potato?


JJ - the organic garnet yams I get are always from CA.  They just go up and down in price according to ideal harvest season I guess.

With a description such as this:

Organic or not? Check the label

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established an organic certification program that requires all organic foods to meet strict government standards. These standards regulate how such foods are grown, handled and processed. Any farmer or food manufacturer who labels and sells a product as organic must be USDA certified as meeting these standards. Only producers who sell less than $5,000 a year in organic foods are exempt from this certification.

Products certified 95 percent or more organic display this USDA sticker.

If a food bears a USDA Organic label, it means it's produced and processed according to the USDA standards and that at least 95 percent of the food's ingredients are organically produced. The seal is voluntary, but many organic producers use it.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255

I find it hard to believe that anything from China could be certified organic.  You better go back & check your sources on that one.