One of the most frustrating aspects of the organic food “debate” is the fact that the conversation seems to be stuck debating whether organic food is more nutritionally dense than conventionally-grown food. So when studies come out showing that you won’t get more vitamins from eating organic, conventional growers use [...]

It is a story repeated over, and over again in the more developed countries: the people have plenty to eat, but many suffer from diets low in essential nutrients. In essence—they are starving in the midst of abundance. How can that be? At the base of the situation are nutrients [...]

It may seem like a ridiculous question, but that’s actually the premise of a study appearing in the upcoming March issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science by researchers at Loyola University in New Orleans. The study found that participants who were exposed to organic foods were altruistic and made [...]

After the 80s, a decade celebrating plastic culture and artificial foods, health issues have become increasingly important. A regular visit to the gym has become just as natural as watching one’s weight and avoiding too much fat and red meat. One of the current trends in this regard are organic [...]

When British author and Olympic athlete Lord Northbourne coined the phrase “organic farming” in 1940, and in turn, helped facilitate the organic movement against chemical fertilizers and pesticides, he probably had no idea that the industry would end up being worth a whopping $29 billion. But, as with any cause [...]

So you decided to go organic … Brushing aside some of the exorbitant costs, all in the name of good health. But is dishing out the extra cash worth it in the end? According to researchers at Stanford University, it really isn’t. A new study suggests eating organic produce and [...]

Things we don’t think are cute: frogs, bees, bats. Things that we need to continue enjoying this wonderful world: frogs, bees, bats. But buried under mortgages, job loss, the high cost of gas, parent/teacher meetings, dinner and getting to bed before midnight, people just don’t have the time or energy [...]

Who ever said eating ethically had to be boring? Here are some of the great food exhibitors from Epic Expo 2012:   Whole Foods @WholeFoodsVan Whole Foods is one of the West Coast’s choice supermarkets for organic items, and the company had a large presence at the expo. Reps took [...]

As critically thinking consumers are beginning to realize, food labels are not immune to the elusive wordplay and downright deception used by major manufacturers and advertisers. The use of words like “natural” and “organic” on custom product labels, for example, is so widespread that many consumers can’t distinguish between the [...]