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Easy Autumn Recipe: Homemade Organic Applesauce

September 26, 2011

During Autumn, organic apples are at their peek, fresh and delicious. Plus apples are healthy, packed with fiber (if you eat the peel) and vitamin C. You really need to go organic with apples though. Apples topped the Dirty Dozen list this year, meaning, conventional apples are packed with pesticide residue. Ick. Below is a [...]

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7th Edition “Dirty Dozen” List Released – Apples Contain the Most Pesticides

June 13, 2011

Environmental Working Group (EWG) has just released their 7th edition Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. There’s updated information on the total pesticide loads of 53 various fruits and vegetables. As always, EWG highlights the worst offenders with the “Dirty Dozen” and lists the “Clean 15” as well. The disclaimer: Many groups have been targeting [...]

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Many Consumers Don’t Trust ‘Natural’ Product Label Claims

December 22, 2010

Once in a while it actually feels like all this harping on real certified labels and organic vs. not so much organics pays off. Today was one of those days. A recent survey by Mambo Sprouts Marketing found that consumers are getting ever so savvy with their shopping habits. About one in three health and [...]

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Lead found in organic fruit and juice exceeds federal limits

June 12, 2010

On June 9, 2010 the Environmental Law Foundation, a nonprofit based in the Bay Area, filed Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65 Toxics Right to Know law, alleging that lead, a highly toxic chemical for children, was found in a variety of foods and drinks for children and babies (pdf). The specific food categories [...]

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Can you trust organic dairy products?

May 7, 2010

Although I continually read up on green issues and organic food issues, I can’t be everywhere at once or read it all and sometimes even I run into greenwashing I didn’t expect. Such as with organic dairy. Recently I posted about how to choose sustainable dairy products – which is kind of ironic because I’ve [...]

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Choosing Sustainable Dairy Products

April 22, 2010

Wow it’s been a long day. I’ve been cranky due to the totally insane, and inaccurate portrayal of unschoolers on Good Morning America. Too keyed up to talk about it now though, so we’ll be talking about nice calm dairy issues instead… Although I’m sure once I collect my thoughts I’ll have something to say [...]

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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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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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