alternativeconsumer.com - 8/11/2009
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This post was submitted by our newest contributor, Theresa Gould. Theresa resides in the Chicago area and is a freelance writer, entrepreneur and aspiring organic farmer.
Organic Learning Farms are a relatively new enterprise for organic farmers. A Learning Farm is usually located on the site ...
What is the difference between "100% organic" and "organic
borganic.org 6/26/2009 — (Borganic.org) In the year since I have been writing this column, readers have sent in many questions about organic foods. With the White House and the U.S. Department of Agriculture planting organic gardens, these questions have become more urgent. Q: What is the difference between "100% ...
Is organic food healthier?
borganic.org 7/30/2009 — (www.Borganic.org) Tough break for the organic food industry, said Britain's Marie Claire magazine . It was "already struggling in the economic downturn as shoppers turn away from more expensive goods," and now the British government's food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency, has declared that ...
Why Bother with Organic Food When You Can't Even Know What it Means?
planetgreen.discovery.com 7/28/2009 — There are all kinds of words being used these days to describe food; Natural is popular, and local is giving organic a run for its money as the hot trend. But when it comes down to it, Organic is a term with legal meaning as defined by the US ...
Horizon Organic brand dairy ditching Organic to Natural Soybeans
borganic.org 7/24/2009 — (www.Borganic.org) It was a decision that made good business sense. With the cost of producing organic soybeans on the rise and consumer demand flattening, Broomfield-based WhiteWave Foods Co. — a subsidiary of Dean Foods of Dallas — ditched organic in favor of conventional soybeans in all but ...
organic food production is making a move
borganic.org 7/6/2009 — (Borganic.org) Conventional, non-organic agriculture recently announced it accounted for 96.5 percent of all food product sales in the U.S. last year. There was no announcement like that, but there should have been under the heading “rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey long trumpeted. ...
Organic Food List Alert
borganic.org 7/24/2009 — (www.Borganic.org) Our action alert below outlines why this precedent-setting vote is so important for the future of organics. If you submitted a comment last fall, thank you, and we hope that you will take the time again to reiterate your support of this petition. If you did not comment last ...
Certified Organic Foods
easyecoblog.com 8/25/2009 — A recent Q&A article from a NYU professor answers some questions regarding Organic food and Nutrition. Some of the most interesting tidbits from the article:
Certified 100% Organic means that all the ingredients in a product have been grown or raised according to the USDA’s organic ...
Organic Tomatoes, Part 1, Greater Health Benefits
borganic.org 7/15/2009 — (Borganic.org) Reducing our food down to its micronutrients is the most unromantic way to look at food we’ve come up with yet. Gone are the descriptions that tempt us and make our mouths water. We’ve tossed out the sweet, tang of a tomato on our lip and replaced it with the cancer fighting ...
Flapping Your Gum —
Ideal Bite Daily Tips 8/12/2009
Wanna gab about gum? We'll avoid the chitchat and get to the point: Tossing a gum wrapper isn't gonna end the world, but it's good to have a reminder that even the littlest things have an impact; hence, some tips to a less wasteful chewing ...
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