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Gobble Head Have an organic, free-range, local Thanksgiving		21 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:29 AM on 21 Nov 2007 If you've waited 'til the last minute to buy ingredients for your Thanksgiving feast, allow us to suggest that you seek out turkeys of the organic, grass-fed, free-range, local, and/or heritage variety. Because no one's thankful for pesticides in their gristle (or for butylated hydroxytoluene, for that matter). Apples, celery, and potatoes are all high on the best-to-gobble-organic list. And don't forge ...
Topics: food, holiday, news, organic food (all these topics)

What Price Thanksgiving? In which we attempt to calculate how much an organic feast would cost	Roz Cummins	16 Nov 2007	Grist Feature
There's something about Thanksgiving that seems to prompt people to think about where their food comes from. Maybe it's all the cornucopias and sheaves of wheat depicted in supermarket circulars, or maybe it's the focus on the harvest. Visions of farmers bringing in the crops may lead people to think about how food gets to their table, and whether it would make sense, or even ...
Topics: food, green living, holiday, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Can industrial agriculture feed the world? Another study shows organic ag outpacing conventional	Tom Philpott	14 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Apologists for industrial food production often level what they see as a devastating charge against organic agriculture: that it could never "feed the world." The claim goes like this: industrial ag produces higher yields, and as global population grows, we're going to have to squeeze as much food as possible out of the earth, by any means necessary, to produce enough sustenance. Not so long ago Norman Borlaug, that aging lion of industrial ag, growled: ...
Topics: food, organic food, industrial ag, agriculture (all these topics)

Organic whiskey? My search for organic amber spirits turned up only Scotch	David Roberts	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
On Grist, we've written about organic beer, organic wine, and organic vodka. But what about those of us whose heritage has left them with a deep and abiding love of the amber spirits? Are there eco versions of Irish, scotch, and bourbon whiskey available to us green-minded drunkards? I decided to investigate a bit, and by that I mean type words into Google. Strangely, I was able to find several brands of organic scotch, but no organic Irish or bourbon. What's up with ...
Topics: food, organic food (all these topics)

The Whole Foods behemoth Trade consultancy: Whole Foods will 'consolidate supply chains'	Tom Philpott	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Apparently, I'm not the only one who worries about what the Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger will mean for organic-foods suppliers. In a report published by Organic Monitor, a European-based consultancy working on contract for Decision News Media, analyst Amarjit Sahota has sounded an alarm about Whole Foods' growing power. Organic Monitor calls itself a 'business research & consulting company that specializes on organic & related industries.' You can read Sa ...
Topics: business, food, organic food (all these topics)

Scientists and rats agree Organic food is better for you	Tom Philpott	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
For years, studies showed no nutritional difference between organic and conventionally grown food. That's because scientists were looking at macronutrients -- vitamins A, B, C, and so on.But they've since learned that macronutrients are only part of the nutrition story. It turns out that there are all sorts of compounds like antioxidants and phytonutrients -- known collectively as micronutrients -- that fight cancer, impede aging, and maintain heart health.And if organi ...
Topics: food, health, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

Dropping (Fatty) Acid Organic food healthier than non-organic, research finds		29 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:16 PM on 29 Oct 2007 Who woulda thunk: Organic food is healthier than pesticide-ridden food, according to preliminary results of a four-year study funded by the European Union. Researchers found that organic nosh contained more antioxidants (yum!) and less fatty acids (ew!) than non-organic. Organic milk was found to have up to 80 percent more antioxidants than conventional cow juice, as well as higher amo ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, health, news, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

The Eth-Assist U.K. organic certifier says air-freighted organics must meet		25 Oct 2007	News
"ethical standards" Posted at 5:44 AM on 25 Oct 2007 Britain's main organic certifier, the Soil Association, has decided not to deny the organic label to air-freighted food, instead opting to require producers of flown-in fare to meet ethical standards similar to "fair trade" certification. The association decided that denying organic status to all flown-in food would unfairly hurt farmers and worker ...
Topics: agriculture, news, organic food, United Kingdom (all these topics)

And For Dessert, Organic Twinkies Pediatrician identifies five foods for parents to buy organic		24 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:52 PM on 24 Oct 2007 Like the sound of organic food but don't have the wherewithal to overhaul your entire pantry? Parents should focus their funds on organic milk, potatoes, peanut butter, ketchup, and apples, says pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene. But that doesn't mean you're allowed to mash those five foods together and call it a healthy dinner. source:� The New York Times < Previous \| ...
Topics: food, green living, news, organic food, parenting (all these topics)

The Meal World Easy, affordable recipes for baby and toddler food	Lisa Barnes	19 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Never mind the intro, take me to the recipes! If you are what you eat, then the developing years are surely the most important time to eat well. As a parent, you may not be able to give your baby or toddler fresh, homemade foods every day -- but there are real benefits when you do. Her face and your floor will enjoy homemade food too. Homemade food is more nutritious than commercially prepared baby fo ...
Topics: food, green living, organic food, parenting, recipes, special series (all these topics)

A Summer Send-Off As the season fades, it's time for one last blueberry blowout	Roz Cummins	06 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
Before summer gets away from me entirely, I'd like to share a few more moments from the Northeast Organic Farming Association conference I went to a couple of weeks ago. (By the way, I referred to it as the Farmers' Association last time, which may seem like a small difference, but is actually an important one: you need not be a farmer to be a member.) It was a berry good year. Photo: iStoc ...
Topics: food, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Agribusiness As Usual Huge organic dairy farm skirted organic rules, agrees to behave		30 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 12:11 PM on 30 Aug 2007 One of America's largest organic dairies has agreed to alter its operations to comply with national organic standards after the U.S. Department of Agriculture threatened to remove its certification for skirting the rules. Aurora Organic Dairy, which sells milk under the label High Meadows and also makes milk for private-label brands including Wild Oats and Wal-Mart, was accused ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, news, organic food, United States (all these topics)

The Cornucopia Institute bags another one USDA brings the enforcement hammer down on nation's largest organic dairy producer	David Roberts	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This, fresh from the Cornucopia Institute, is big news: Tonight at 7:20 p.m. EST, August 29, the USDA issued an emergency news release announcing that they had sent a Letter of Revocation to the Aurora Organic Dairy. In lieu of revoking Aurora's organic certification, the Agency has instead entered into a consent agreement requiring the nation's largest certified organic dairy to make substantial and wide-ranging changes to the livestock management practices a ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, organic food (all these topics)

Udderly awesome Starbucks vows to make 100 percent of its milk rBGH-free	Glenn Hurowitz	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
If you haven't been ordering that double whipped Frappuccino at your local Starbucks with soy milk, you've likely been gulping down Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH). It makes cows produce more milk, but it's thought to increase the risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer in humans (if only they could come up with something to make cows squirt machiatto directly from their udders). But now, after two years of pressure from the organization Food and Wate ...
Topics: business, food, greening biz operations, organic food (all these topics)

Looking for a Miracle On summer's end and salad dressing	Roz Cummins	23 Aug 2007	'Tis the Season
It's mid-August and the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts is filled with crops that are making their final push to ripeness and fruition. On a warm day, the air feels like it is practically vibrating with all that energy. As I drive to the Hampshire College campus for the annual Northeast Organic Farmers' Association conference, I pass fields of corn that seem to have reached their peak. The corn is so tall ...
Topics: food, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Back to Mystery Meat Organic-lunch project pulled out of Chicago elementary school		20 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Back to Mystery Meat Organic-lunch project pulled out of Chicago elementary school A school-lunch chef has pulled his Organic School Project out of a Chicago elementary school after district officials balked at his plans to expand the program to more schools. The first and only organic meal program in the nation's third-largest school district had also provided Alcott Elementary with a pesticide-free garden, wellness classes, a ...
Topics: Chicago, news, organic food (all these topics)

Long-distance organic Is it really a savior for smallholder farmers in the global south?	Tom Philpott	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill
In the latest Victual Reality, I addressed the "eat-local backlash" -- the steady trickle of media reports seeking to debunk the supposed social and environmental benefits of eating from one's foodshed. Some of the charges are easy to refute. Hey, in Maine, it takes more energy to produce hothouse tomatoes in January than it does to ship them up from South America! Really? Try eating something besides fresh tomatoes in January in Maine. Hell, if you rea ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, Kenya, local food, organic food (all these topics)

The Eat-Local Backlash If buying locally isn't the answer, then what is?	Tom Philpott	16 Aug 2007	Victual Reality
Is long-distance better than local? Photo: Sheila Steele Attention farmers' market shoppers: Put that heirloom tomato down and rush to the nearest supermarket. By seeking local food, you're wantonly spewing carbon into the atmosphere. That's the message of a budding backlash against the eat-local movement. The Economist fired a shotgun-style opening salvo last December, peppering what it ...
Topics: agriculture, food, local food, organic food, sustainable ag, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Living Piggy Lives On organic pork	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Commercial pork production is a nasty, polluting operation and inhumane to the animals. What makes organic pork different? Simply what they are fed, or does it involve more humane and less polluting production operations? Related, I have been purchasing free-range, organic chicken for several years now. However, recently the free-range, organic chicken breasts have been humongous, conjuring up images of Dolly Parton chicken ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, industrial ag, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Hats off to Hannaford This store takes its green role seriously	Katharine Wroth	09 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Last month, we reported on a few regional grocery chains that are earning organic certification. I went to one of them, a Hannaford, the other night, and have been meaning to publicly praise them ever since. Not only do they have huge, clearly marked organic sections (none of this shy, tucked-away business), they also had a prominently displayed easel in the produce section listing the fruits and veggies that were locally grown. Old hat for Whole Foods, maybe, but t ...
Topics: food, green living, local food, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Something For the Boys On blueberries, zucchini, and dragon slime	Roz Cummins	09 Aug 2007	'Tis the Season
A few years ago, a friend served me some blueberry-studded gingerbread that she had bought at a local bakery. It was fine, but the spices in the gingerbread really obscured the flavor of the blueberries. On the other hand, I find plain blueberry muffins boring and bland. While I've had delicious lime-blueberry muffins and lemon-blueberry pound cake, sometimes I want something more substantial -- so I dec ...
Topics: food, green living, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Listify Me On prioritizing organic purchases	Umbra Fisk	08 Aug 2007	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra! I just recently became a stay-at-home mom. Life is bliss, except for the one-income household we now have (my husband brings home the tofu-bacon). Now that we have very limited funds I cannot afford to buy all organic food. Sometimes organic food is nearly double the price of conventional food ... yikes! I looked around and could not find a great website for foods you need to buy organic. I know that some convention ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Freight Fright Organic farmers in Africa fear for their livelihoods as U.K. frets over food miles		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Freight Fright Organic farmers in Africa fear for their livelihoods as U.K. frets over food miles Small-scale organic farmers in Kenya and other African countries are waiting anxiously to find out whether the U.K.'s main organic certifier, the Soil Association, will withdraw organic certification from food items that are flown in from far-flung regions. Concerned that the ai ...
Topics: Africa, agriculture, England, food, local food, news, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Forget the Farm Bill For now, local politics is the way to effect ag-policy change	Tom Philpott	02 Aug 2007	Victual Reality
Over the past few years, grassroots support has swelled for new federal farm policies -- ones that promote healthy, sustainably grown food, not the interests of a few agribusiness firms. Udder madness. Photo: iStockphoto The target of much of this organizing has been the 2007 farm bill. If past farm bill debates have been the concern of a small cadre of lobbyists and activists, this one ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Congress, farmers markets, food, industrial ag, Iowa, local food, organic food, politics, sustainable ag, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Maverick Farms Grist's own Tom Philpott and his farm get written up	David Roberts	31 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Grist's own Tom Philpott is apparently too humble to draw attention to the media adulation with which he is being showered. It's a task I'm happy to take up. The Winston-Salem Journal has a fantastic long piece on Maverick Farms, the small organic farm Tom runs with his co-conspirators. As the piece describes in detail, it's not just a farm -- it's a grand experiment in creating a local food economy and culture. At Maverick they host local-food dinners, teach cookin ...
Topics: agriculture, food, local food, organic food (all these topics)

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