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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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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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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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Why Choose Organic Cotton Clothing & Textiles

May 22, 2010

Being that I share organic clothing and other organic textile products here, I was thinking we should look at why… Conventional cotton (non-certified organic) is cotton that may be grown with pesticides. First of all, you obviously don’t want your skin exposed to chemicals and secondly, the use of said pesticides is rampant in cotton. [...]

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Green Glossary: Organic

May 17, 2010

In the most basic of definitions, organic means; “Relating to, or derived from living organisms.” Now of course the term organic has also come to mean the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin. Even further related to food, the term organic stands for meat or poultry raised without [...]

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