Organic Foods Provide More than Health Benefits

(NaturalNews) Organic foods can be considered to be better and healthier not only for the consumer but also for the environment. Organic foods are considered to be more nutrient dense than their counterparts produced via modern farming practices.
Dr. David Thomas, a physician and researcher, has studied and compared the United States government guidelines and tables [...]

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Uncle Matt’s in the O’Mama Report

Why Organic Orange Juice?
Contributed by Matt McLean of Uncle Matt’s Organic, Inc.
Uncle Matt’s Organic is a fourth generation Florida citrus company founded in 1999.  We offer organic Florida orange juice along with a variety of fresh citrus.  Our family owned 400 acres of conventional citrus in the early ’80s, but the devastating freezes of 1983 [...]

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Uncle Matt’s in First Monday Magazine

Organic Growth
October 2, 2009 / Posted by: FirstMonday

Despite the global economic downturn, the popularity of organic foods has more than maintained its roots. The challenge now is keeping up with sprouting demand.

Hop off the Washington, D.C., Metro at the Smithsonian stop and head toward the corner of 12th Street and Jefferson Drive. There, on the [...]

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French study says organic food is healthier

A new review from France has concluded that there are nutritional benefits to organic produce, on the basis of data compiled for the French food agency AFSSA. The conclusion opposes that of a UK study published last month.

Whether or not organic food brings nutritional benefits over conventional food has been a matter of considerable inquiry [...]

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Higher Levels of Vitamin C and Lower Concentrations of Nitrogen Found in Organic Oranges

Many scientific teams in Europe are trying to develop reliable and affordable tests to differentiate between organic and conventional foods. For many crops, pesticide residue levels are considered the best way to make such a determination, but in the case of citrus, this approach is unreliable. In the Mediterranean region where most of Europe’s citrus [...]

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Link Between Nitrate Levels and Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Diabetes

Researchers have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food with increased deaths from diseases, including Alzheimer’s, diabetes mellitus and Parkinson’s.
Led by Suzanne de la Monte, the researchers studied the trends in mortality rates due to diseases that are associated with aging, such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cerebrovascular [...]

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Organic Center Response to the FSA Study

An advance copy of a study appeared today that will be published in the September edition of the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.” The published paper, “Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review,” was written by a team led by Alan Dangour, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and funded by [...]

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Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

By Bryan Walsh

Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won’t bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with antibiotics. The waste produced [...]

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Choose Organic! It’s worth it.

When you choose organic, you do more than help yourself. You’re making a difference for your family, the home in which you live and the environment around us. You’re also investing in your future. It’s worth it.
Find out more: http://www.organicitsworthit.com/

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Organic and All-Natural Kids Snacks and Baby Foods: Seven Case Studies

Health-conscious parents seem committed to continuing to buy healthy food for their children despite the recession, even as they economise in other areas.
Sales of the leading organic kids’ brands have surprised most commentators by continuing to grow:
- In the US, the $100 million (€71.9 million) Annie’s brand has recorded sales growth of 25% since September [...]

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