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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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Homemade Organic Vegetable Pot Pie

June 4, 2011

I’ve been looking for a decent go-to vegetarian vegetable pot pie recipe for a really long time. I’ve tried maybe ten different veggie pot pie recipes, but none were great in my opinion. Usually, my issue is with the sauce part. Often, vegetable pot pie broth is either too weak and watery or the flavor [...]

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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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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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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 [...]

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