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Organic Food

Chemical

Is Wildlife Meat Really Safe and Organic?

Lead fragments and wildlife diseases such as Chronic Wasting Disease make hunted meat less safe than other meat, not more, this piece argues against Sarah Palin's claim that hunting yields wild, organic, healthy food. The CDC has reported fatal neurologic illness after wild game feasts.

Agriculture

Organic Food

Organic farmers work without most conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, bioengineering or irradiation, and organic meat, eggs and dairy come from animals given no antibiotics or growth hormones. A government-approved certifier must inspect farms and handlers.

Nov 18, 2010

Shopping

How to Identify Real Organic Food

The USDA Organic seal means food that is at least 95 percent organic, free of genetically modified organisms, not irradiated, and from a farm meeting rules on soil, pasture, antibiotics, feed, records and annual inspection. "Made With Organic Ingredients" means at least 70 percent.

Dec 30, 2009

Dining

Why We Should All Eat More Organic Food

The piece argues organic produce averages 25 percent more vitamins and minerals than industrially farmed food, with organic milk 50 to 80 percent higher in antioxidants, and that organic food avoids additives such as MSG, aspartame, sodium nitrate and mercury contamination.

Dec 30, 2009

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