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This was originally posted on June 20, 2011 at: http://www.stopagingnow.com/liveinthenow/article/should-we-label-gmo-foods Should We Label GMO Foods? By Josh Corn A hundred years ago, pretty much all of the food Americans ate was essentially organic and local – and not surprisingly, much more nutritious. But with the advent of Big Agra and industrialized food production, we moved [...]
This was originally posted on May 6, 2011 as part of a blogging series by economics students at the Presidio Graduate School’s MBA program at http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/05/whats-really-organic-brew/ What’s Really in Your Organic Brew? By Inna Volynskaya Being a responsible beer geek, you opt for a Berkeley-brewed Bison or one of those super green Oregon breweries to [...]
By: Joan Boykin, Executive Director So much has happened since the early days of the organic movement, yet there are many more opportunities for growth, awareness and improvement. Much of the progress that we’ve made over past decades can be attributed to women, who have become a backbone of the organic industry. Today, women in [...]
Earth Day 4/22/2011 On this Earth Day think about where your food comes from and its environmental impact. Earth Day and the environmental movement hold many of the same beliefs as organic. Organic agriculture supports biodiversity, animal welfare, clean water and healthy soil. When you celebrate Earth Day, you are also celebrating the organic movement. Check out these [...]
If you are going to start your organic journey anywhere a lot of experts suggest you start with the consumption of organic dairy products or milk. The average per capita consumption of milk in the U.S. is 24 gallons per year. That is a lot of milk! When you and your family drink cow’s milk [...]
What has the world come to when a leading doctor and expert on diabetes suggests bariatric surgery as a way to fight our nation’s type II diabetes epidemic! This is especially shocking when more than two-thirds of our states now have obesity rates above 25%. Perhaps a more common sense approach would be to change [...]
Most of us want to feed our families and ourselves healthy, chemical free food. We browse the aisles of the grocery store and grapple with the fact that quite often our organic products are at a higher price than the conventionally and often visually identical counterparts. We know organic is worth it, but why does [...]
I usually post a recipe on Mondays but today I’m posting a different type of recipe. It’s the recipe for complete and utter bliss….and I just discovered it. A week ago tonight my sweet baby girl was born, during a tumultuous thunderstorm, into the arms of two loving parents. The parents are two key ingredients, [...]
An advance copy of a study appeared on July 29 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. The [...]
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