by guest blogger Amy Blankstein of Just Food. The Farm Bill isn’t just for farmers. If you eat food, like knowing when you’re buying organic, or have an interest in forest protection, this bill is not something you can afford to ignore.
Organic Issues
Right 2 Know March Finally Arrives, Part 3
Part 3 of the Right 2 Know March on Washington to support Labeling GMO foods. We should know what we’re feeding our kids.
Right to Know March on Washington,
Part 1
Part 1 of my trip to Washington, DC for a march to the White House in support of GMO Labeling. Traveling in the footsteps of Alice Paul, and Susan B. Anthony for the Right 2 Know March.
Why We Should Label Genetically Engineered Food
by guest blogger David Bronner I’ve recently been activated on the genetically engineered food, or GMO, issue: If nothing is done, any crop or animal with significant market volume will be genetically engineered within the next 10 to 20 years, and consumers won’t know. The main arguments for labeling are: 1) American consumers have a […]
Summer’s Berries: Best Grown without
Methyl Iodide
by Wendy Gordon Where I live in upstate New York, the blueberries in the back of my yard are ready for the picking. This time of year, my family and I behave much like the bears, gorging ourselves on fistfuls of the sweet little berries. We eat all we can in those few weeks when they […]
An (Organic) American Girl in Istanbul
by guest blogger Holly Walck, Iyengar yoga practitioner and teacher in Bethlehem, PA, and Istanbul, Turkey What do you mean there’s no celery? For several years now, I have had the good fortune to be Maria’s Yoga teacher. Most Sundays we meet for two hours, with a few minutes spent to catch up on the week’s […]
Americans, Demand Organic!
So I was dawdling about on Twitter, and I see a tweet from Mark Bittman about the “shocking” (his words) survey just out from Thompson Reuters and NPR Health about organic. What’s so shocking about it? Fifty-eight percent of ALL Americans want organic food!!!!! OK, I’m not going to take credit, but I am going […]
It’s Time to Apply The Precautionary Principle
A few months ago I was speaking to a class at Lafayette College in Easton, PA about my book, Organic Manifesto. Afterward, the professor asked me if I was aware of the precautionary principle, which is a scientific term that means something has to be proven safe before it can be unleashed, as opposed to […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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