Stonyfield Organic dairy firm CEO Gary Hirshberg decided to put together a little video as he launched a year long education campaign to spread the word on the problems that we face due to industiral farming. While i dont think that anyone expects that this guy is going to get an invite to the next [...]
The EU is set to put into force a new label that will displayed on products that have certified to be organic by the Agriculture and Rural Development committee. These rules come into effect tomorrow and is required on any pre-packaged foods that have been produced by any of the EU member states. The so [...]
Be warned, just because its says organic, doesn’t mean that its low in calories and diet friendly. A study shows that people often assume that the health benefits of eating organic somehow translates into a lower calorie intake. 100 participants were shown nutrition information for an Oreo cookie made with organic flour and sugar. These [...]
You may have heard of a recent organic food study conducted by the German based Stiftung Warentest consumer watchdog group. It found that organic food is not necessarily healthier or even better tasting then good ol’ regular groceries, despite being an average of 30 percent more expensive.
There were 85 different investigations over eight years to [...]
Where did we get the term “organic” food? Apparently in the early 20th century Walter James the 4th Baron Northbourne wrote a book called Look to the Land and coined the term organic farming as a holistic, ecologically based approach to farming in contrast to what he called chemical farming. Walter was a multi talented [...]
As well know, organic food is the healthy alternative to conventionally grown or raised food. People who make the switch get paid dividends in better health over their lifetime. But what about other animals? We recently talked about organic food and products are a good idea to give your pets but apparently at least for [...]
Here is another reason to go organic. A new study has shown that a type of pesticides called organophosphates which is commonly used on fruits and vegetables has been shown to cause ADHD. The results of the study showed that children who had ADHD had a 20% higher concentration of these pesticides compared to children [...]
Many organic food advocates are happy with Michelle Obama and the organic garden she is now tending to on the South Lawn of the White House. There are two reasons for the organic fruit and vegetable garden: Food, and public education. Local school children actually helped plant the garden and have returned throughout the year [...]
India plans to release a web based system that will help consumers track where the organic food comes from that they get on their plate. This is part of their ambitious plan to increase exports of organic food to $1 billion dollars annual over the next five years. This software called TraceNet is being developed [...]
Today is Earth Day, celebrated all over the world today to try and take back our planet. For about 100 years we have been treating the planet pretty badly and over the last 50 it has started to come back to hit us in many different ways and the biggest one is our food. Weather [...]
