All About Organics
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Organic food is pure food. It's safer, more nutritious and free of chemical additives. Organic crops are grown without chemical pesticides or fertilizers and organic livestock are raised without antibiotics, growth hormones or other drugs. Organic food isn't genetically modified or irradiated.
WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- For every fragrant bunch of parsley that foreman Eber Diaz picked, he stopped to rip out handfuls of thick-stemmed weeds crowding the crop.
Normally, these fields would be weed-free and workers would move easily up and down the rows, harvesting organic vegetables and herbs meant for dinner tables around the country. But increased patrolling along the border with Mexico, and easier, higher-paying jobs in the city have made farmworkers scarce.
Farms across the country are feeling the pinch, but organic farms like Lakeside Organic Gardens in the
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Your body needs whole, unprocessed foods to be healthy and energetic. Fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains are whole foods. These foods contain more nutrients and fiber than processed, packaged foods and they give your body the fuel it needs to be the best Read more
They promise to help you polish, buff or scrub without worrying about polluting the earth, having an allergic reaction or breathing in the organic chemicals widely used in conventional cleaning products.
The makers of "green" cleaning products say they are made with "earth-friendly" ingredients and plant-derived essential oils, and they are touted as having the same cleaning power as conventional Read more
"In the year 2000, the farm became fully certified organic by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association," said his daughter Sybil Harris Miller executive director of the Hamilton YWCA.
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"Yes, it is very good. It's all natural," said Miguel Salcines Lopez, his brow dotted with sweat from the midday sun, as he raised a glassful to his lips. "Growing food in this way is much more interesting. It is much more intelligent."
Almost five decades after the now ailing Fidel Castro and his Read more
Lawn care -- long a byword for chemical fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides -- is going natural.
The growing organic movement in agriculture is increasingly crossing over into landscaping, as professionals respond to rising consumer demand for healthy, full lawns that are nourished in an ecologically responsible way.
``People don't want chemicals on their lawn," said Kathy Litchfield, Massachusetts coordinator of the Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organic Land Care Program.
The program, spurred by surging interest in a natural approach to lawn care, seeks
Read moreOrganic food: Is it worth the extra money? Even though you wash your fruits and vegetables, some still contain pesticide residue. Nutritionist Joy Bauer tells you what to buy Today show
Organic food is one of the fastest-growing categories in the food industry, despite the fact that it can cost more than double the price of conventional foods. But is it worth spending more when it comes to buying organic? Nutritionist Joy Bauer was invited on "Today" to tell us what organic really means, what the various "organic" and "natural" food labels mean, and what organic food we Read more
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Why organic? Why get political?
Is your organic food really organic?
At what cost to the environment?;
the latest fear tactic; spychips, the lies of 9/11; Casting votes for healthier products and voting with your fork; turning your "green self" into a political force; more demand than supply for
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