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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.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. aims to be the mass-market provider of organic food, and will have doubled its organic offerings over the next couple of weeks, Wal-Mart's head of dry grocery told Reuters on Monday.
DeDe Priest, who was promoted to senior vice president of dry grocery in December, said the retailer has no intention of becoming a health food store, but wants to make organic food accessible to all.
"What you're going to see is over the next couple of weeks, we're going to have doubled our SKU (stock keeping unit) count," Priest said at the Reuters Food
Read moreMy Mother always said you get what you pay for! Passing decades have seen an erosion of that understanding and a fascination with all things "cheap."
Not only "cheap" food but cheap oil, cheap clothes, cheap everything. The resulting economic (rural decline and outsourcing of jobs), environmental (pollution from particulate to pesticides) and public health problems (cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart disease) are making the true cost of "cheap" ever so clear. Despite societal attitudes and slick corporate marketing that in many cases would have us believe the
Read moreIt's no secret that sales of organic foods are booming.
Although organics still account for less than two percent of total food sales worldwide, the market is growing much faster than the rest of the grocery industry. The world organic market has been growing 20 percent a year since the early 1990s, with future growth estimates ranging from 10 to 50 percent annually depending on the country.
In the U.S., organic products are now available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and most conventional grocery stores. Nearly two-thirds of the organic milk and half of the organic
A REPORT published today by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group, confirms that meat and the milk from cows fed only grass have higher levels of omega-3's, beneficial fatty acids, than meat and milk from cows raised conventionally, on grain. Omega-3's may prevent heart disease and bolster the immune system.
But the report, "Green Pastures," which examined all the available scientific literature, found no human studies suggesting that conjugated linoleic acid or C.L.A., higher in some grass-fed food, is beneficial.
There is little argument that grass-fed
Read moreSTANFORD, California, March 8, 2006 (ENS) - Organic farming has been promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional agriculture, and new research provides evidence to support that claim. Writing in the March 6 online edition of the Proceedings of the National
Read moreEat your vegetables!
It's an age-old sentiment supported by nurturing mothers worldwide.
But according to proponents of the ever-growing organic food market –– and new research drawn from federal government data –– many of our nation's vegetables don't pack the nutritious punch they once did.
Bloomingdale's Ned Johnson is a founding member of Highlands Bio-Produce Farms, a cooperative effort of a half-dozen local farmers growing all-natural vegetables and fruits.
Though the retired Navy engineer used to watch his father douse produce with various chemicals as
Read moreIFOAM Advocacy Leaflets Free to Use
As a new instrument for advocacy, IFOAM has developed a series of leaflets to be used in direct lobbying. These leaflets communicate the benefits of organic agriculture and related systems in a straightforward way that is accessible to policymakers and the public in general, and clearly outline corresponding threats or counter points. Much of the information in the leaflets is based upon IFOAM dossiers or other in-depth publications available on IFOAM’s website.
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Read moreThe selection of organic products carried in military commissaries is growing, and according to experts in the field, it's a growing trend, not a short-term fad.
"Our larger stores have more than tripled the number of organic products they have in stock. It's the fastest growing category this year," said Patrick B. Nixon, chief executive officer and acting director of the Defense Commissary Agency.
"Customers are demanding them and our mission is to listen and respond, but increasing our organic product selection also fits in with our emphasis on the commissary as the place
Read moreIn Safeway's cereal aisle, tucked between Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam, is a new kid on the block: O Organics raisin bran.
Instead of regulating organic offerings to a designated section, Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. is bringing more of them to the mainstream, joining retailers such as Wal-Mart and even 7-Eleven. The company, which makes the O Organics brand, is shelving the line of organic products next to conventional items.
Once found mostly at niche retailers such as independent health-food stores and Whole Foods Market, organic food is showing up on shelves everywhere
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