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Different Beasts
On organic vs. natural foods |
Umbra Fisk |
31 Mar 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I'm trying to convince my sister that there is a difference between all-natural and organic products, and she doesn't think there is. I'm pretty sure there is a difference, I just don't know what it is. I look at the ingredients of some of the food she buys that she says are "natural" and I wonder how these products are able to claim that! What are the qualifications for something to be labeled all-natu ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, consumerism, food, green living, green products, organic food, shopping (all these topics) |
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Java Good Time
A review of six Central American coffees |
Tom Philpott |
22 Jan 2008 |
The Bottom Line |
| Coffee surely counts as one of our more problematic daily pleasures. Java-slugging Grist readers should know that coffee deserves some of the blame for global warming. A lucid account by University of California-Santa Cruz historian Chris Brooks tells the sad story, which encompasses slave labor, razed rainforests, and the colonialism of the 19th century. Six competitors line up for their mug shot. Coffee rem ... |
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| Topics: advice, food, green living, green products, shopping (all these topics) |
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