Finally the USDA has put some specifics around what it actually means for milk and meat to be organic. .. Here’s the old rule “the animals must have access to pasture”. Which can mean anything from farmer John letting them graze and be in the fresh air and sunshine for a good part of the [...]

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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has a program where they actively assist farmers to transition to organic production. This includes grants plus expertise from financial and organic farming experts. Just imagine you’re a conventional farmer, kind of scary to go organic and literally risk the farm by venturing into the unknown. This program shows them [...]

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Target stores were busted for advertising Silk Soymilk as Organic even through Dean Foods which makes the stuff switched from Organic to Non-Organic Soybeans in 2009. Now a lot of consumers who want to go chemical free just kept purchasing their Silk without knowing what they were doing because they simply don’t check the labels every [...]

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Times are tough throughout the world and people are taking a serious reassessment as to what they are spending their money on. But this often means being smarter and buying the best value and not necessarily the least expensive products and so it is for the organic food market worldwide.

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As most of you know the word “Natural” on a product does NOT mean it’s organic. To check if something is organic look for the organic certification that will be printed on the container.  And sometimes our friendly food processors will try the old switcharoo. Dean’s foods which produces the Silk Brand of Soy Milk [...]

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The Telegraph from the UK did a nice piece on Alice Waters of California who was one of the early pioneers in the organic food revolution that we all benefit from today. And at 65 she looks healthy and generally awesome. …
She has a list of accomplishments from founding the Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley (recognized [...]

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A UK study found that there was a wide gap between consumer expectations and what they actually got when buying organic food. Some of the most notable was that they expected the organic food to be fresh and local. .. Well living here in New England I really don’t expect the Winter Veggies to be [...]

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We kick off this series with a head to head competition of Organic Popcorn vs. Non-Organic Popcorn. Now as you know, popcorn is a fantastic snack, good for you and good nutrition. I like it’s taste, it’s mouth-feel… even making it is fun. My personal preference is the air popper…easy, no mess and no fat.. plus [...]

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With all the press in recent months about how Organic Foods are no different than Non-Organic we figured it would be a good idea to run a series to see how true this is. Now of course there will be differences regarding the presence or absence of chemical residues and one will  favor more sustainable [...]

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 As of Jan 2008 it will be illegal to label milk as being free of rbST (recombinant bovine somatotropin) also known as rBGH & Artificial Bovine Growth Hormone as well as using the terms “Pesticide Free” & “Antibiotic Free”…. As you probably know, this hormone we’re talking about is given to dairy cows to soup up their [...]

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