Posted in Health Benefits of Citrus, Why Go Organic? on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out The Organic Center’s new video, narrated by green living expert Sara Snow.
Want to know what it means to be organic? How do pesticides effect you? This video is an excellent explanation of the organic movement and how switching to organic food can benefit not only your health, but our planet.
Posted in Why Go Organic? on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Mercer Island children tested in yearlong study
Government promises to rid the nation’s food supply of brain-damaging pesticides aren’t doing the job, according to the results of a yearlong study that carefully monitored the diets of a group of local children.The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The Farm Bill is something that we at OTA (Organic Trade Association) have all been passionate about, and it’s one of the reasons we lobby in Washington every year. This approval from the Senate is a great start to helping organic farmers. Read on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a 79 to 14 vote, the U.S. Senate [...]
Posted in Shopping Organic, Why Go Organic? on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
#1 Get off to a clean start: Take a shower with soaps and shampoos made with organic ingredients. Then, serve someone special an organic breakfast in bed with certified organic juice, coffee, fresh fruit, cereal, yogurt and eggs. (All items available nationally at natural & conventional supermarkets.)
#2 Create a celebratory meal that’s as close [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Fans of eating organic have always believed that organic fruits and vegetables packed a bigger nutritional punch than conventionally grown produce.
But until pretty recently, hard scientific evidence has been lacking.
Studies that seemed to prove the theory often turned out to be poorly designed - the organic and conventional crops weren’t grown in the same area [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food on individual farms in developing countries, as low-intensive methods on the same land, says a new study from the University of Michigan.
The research, published in the journal Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, could challenge the long-standing view that organic farming methods cannot produce enough [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Between 1940 and 1991, the typical British potato “lost” 47% of its copper and 45% of its iron. Carrots lost 75% of their magnesium, and broccoli 75% of its calcium. This is according to the British government’s own scientifically researched data.
The pattern was repeated for vitamins. A study in Canada showed that between 1951 [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on August 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The organic industry has gone wild in the last decade, but you wouldn’t now it at the Department of Agriculture.
Despite year after year of double-digit growth, organics receive a pittance in financing and staff attention at the department, which is
responsible for writing regulations about organics and making sure that they are upheld.
The National Organic Program, [...]
Posted in Health Benefits of Citrus, Why Go Organic? on July 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Organic foods are not only tastier, they are actually more nutritious as well. A 10-year study that compared organic and non-organic tomatoes found that the organic varieties contained more antioxidant flavonoids.
Specifically, levels of two flavonoids — quercetin and kaempferol — were 79 percent and 97 percent higher, respectively, in the organic tomatoes. Getting more flavonoids [...]
Posted in Why Go Organic? on July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Going green doesn’t have to break the bank. Being organic doesn’t mean you can’t dress trendy, either. Check out this CBS snippet on eating and dressing in organic style. You can go shopping, eat delicious food and do good for our planet all at the same time!
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