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 […]
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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 […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Laura Klein from Organic Authority
Laura Klein is in my kitchen today, talking about the blessings behind food allergies, her sweet tooth, and the environmental concerns on her mind. Why is living organic important to you? Organic living is important to me because we are overexposed to too many toxic chemicals on a daily basis that lead to serious health […]
Top 10 Ways to Make Organic More Sexy
On Friday, I wrote about the controversy over whether organic is sexy or not. Today, I am going to share some ideas on how to ramp up the sexy quotient of the whole industry, so that even farmers in Nebraska will want to climb on our tractor! Which leads me to my first idea: 1. […]
Is Organic Sexy? Let’s Vote!
I was sitting in the German headquarters of Unilever a few weeks ago—it’s an incredible eco-building that is very modern and cool-looking—and was talking to their head of supply chain. He was lamenting that the reason consumers don’t buy more organic products is “because organic’s not sexy enough.” Think about that for a minute. Everyone […]
Why Modern Organic Farming Is The Only Thing That Can Feed The World: Reasons 4 and 5 of 5
Monday: Why Modern Organic Farming Is The Only Thing That Can Feed The World, Reason 1 of 5 Wednesday: Why Modern Organic Farming Is The Only Thing That Can Feed The World, Reasons 2 and 3 of 5 Reason # 4: Modern organic farming protects our health. When I first started researching Organic Manifesto, I […]
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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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