Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Not anymore, unless the apple comes from a tree grown in healthy, organic soil.
Food forms the building blocks of our bodies and health. Soil forms the basis for healthy food. Unhealthy soil grows poor quality food. And poor quality food means poor health. And our soil has been under assault since the advent of modern industrial agriculture, with its monocrops, fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides.
Read moreLast week, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) disrupted the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting to protest a move by the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) that makes it more difficult for the NOSB to phase out synthetic and non-organic materials from organic food. We did persuade the NOSB to enforce its Oct. 21, 2014, deadline for ending the use of streptomycin on organic apples and pears.
Read moreFINLAND, Minn. - (Sept. 24, 2013) ”“ The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) http://organicconsumers.org/ has joined a broad coalition of more than 80 groups that have jointly signed a letter http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28365...
Read moreAccording to Alan Savory, agriculture is the foundation of civilization and of any stable economy, but is also, when poorly practiced, the most destructive industry.
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