Green Food

Zero evidence that organic foods benefit health

May 25, 2010

So we’re back to this again are we? A report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has been making waves all over the news this week noting that organic foods aren’t any healthier for you than there conventional counterparts. It’s like déjà vu right? Just last July the UK’s Food Standard Agency released [...]

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Strawberry cancer coming to a store near you

May 11, 2010

I’m so sick of organic and conventional food issues right now that I’m about ready to go live in a cave, grow organic wheat and apples for the family and call it a day. Really. Blah. More on this later though. Right now I’m too keyed up to write so just a quick FYI… The [...]

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USDA Certified Organic Weed Killer

May 4, 2010

If you’re an organic gardener, here’s some news you may be interested in… Pharm Solutions has announced USDA Organic Certification for its newest bio-herbicide product: Pharm Solutions Organic Weed Killer, the only herbicide to carry the USDA Organic Seal. Note – I haven’t tried this (just heard about it today) but it sounds interesting. Pharm [...]

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Common USDA Organic Seal Questions

April 20, 2010

Yesterday we looked at some general information about the USDA Organic Seal. Today we’ll look at some common Q&A about this label… Does the label mean healthy? No. Organic food can be fattening, full of sodium, or just plain bad for you. Like with non-organic food, your food choices, not the food label dictates healthy [...]

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Green Label Basics: USDA Food Organic Seal

April 19, 2010

If you live in the United States and want to buy organic food for your family, you’ll be running into the USDA Organic Food Seal (or label). With this in mind here are some basic facts about the USDA Organic Food label. The USDA Organic Seal may be printed in green and brown (as shown [...]

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Eight Tips for an Eco-Friendly Easter Basket

March 21, 2010

With so much going on I forgot that Easter is almost here. Dang. In any case, it’s not too late to green your Easter baskets. Here’s how in eight easy steps… 1. Use recycled baskets – use real baskets not plastic toss away baskets. You can pick up old, but still like-new baskets at thrift [...]

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Sixteen ways to reuse egg cartons

January 10, 2010

The most ambitious step when it comes to egg packaging is to skip it altogether. However unless you have your own chickens and can thus ‘grow’ organic eggs or have an excellent farmer’s market that sells bulk eggs (which you can place in a basket to purchase) you will have to deal with packaging. That [...]

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Choose Your Green Shade of Grocery Shopping

December 9, 2009

Green living happens in different shades for different people. Grocery shopping is a great example. Some grocery shopping steps are super mega green while others are mildly green. The best plan, if you’re new to green living, is to start small, taking green steps that are easy to manage. Eventually work in more and more [...]

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Organic food is categorically worse for the planet

November 27, 2009

Or so says Michael Mack, chief executive of Syngenta, a Swiss agribusiness giant that makes pesticides and seeds. According to the New York Times, Mack notes, “Organic food is not only not better for the planet… it is categorically worse.” His reasoning… Organic farming takes up 30% more land than nonorganic farming You can’t feed [...]

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Organic Foods Your Family Should Buy All the Time

October 18, 2009

Organic foods do more than help keep toxins out of our soil, water, and air. They also keep dangerous toxins out of your family’s bodies and help keep farmers (and farmers children) safe which yes is better for everyone’s health in spite of recent news that claims otherwise. Organics better support a local economy and [...]