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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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50 groups sign on to fight pro-pesticide campaign

October 7, 2010

In case you missed it, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) recently handed over $180,000 in cold hard cash to the Alliance For Food and Farming. Why? So that said Alliance could launch a massive campaign meant to educate consumers on the safety of pesticides. Nice right? In any case, as you might [...]

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Strawberry Cancer Update + Two Sample Letters!

June 17, 2010

So… June 29th is the deadline to just say no to strawberry cancer. Up until June 29th you can leave the California Department of Pesticide Regulation a message stating that you think their idea of using methyl iodide as a strawberry growing pesticide in California is nuts and should not be permitted. Enviroblog offers a [...]

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Hammy the Hamster says eat your organics kiddos

May 29, 2010

Here’s an adorable weekend video for the kiddos… Turns out Hammy the Hamster picked organic veggies over conventional veggies in over 60% of trials in this very kid-friendly experiment. I know, it’s not very scientific but hey, it’s pretty cute, even for a hamster. Check out the methodology and full stats plus the hilarious outtakes [...]

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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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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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