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- Is Organic Food Better for You
- Organic food is grown and stored without the use of artificial pesticides and fertilizers. The fact that residues remain on conventional foods are consumed by us over decades, which accumulates in our fatty tissues is well documented. Ignoring this danger to health completely as there has been no comparative long-term...
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- Accolade for organic food campaigner. (News & Installations).(Lizzie Vann wins Organic Trophy )(Brief Article)
- Lizzie Vann, children's food campaigner and founder of Christchurch-based organic children's food company, Organix Brands, has been awarded The Organic Trophy in the Soil Association's Organic Food Awards 2002. The award is in recognition of Lizzie's Lizzie Vann, children's food campaigner and founder of Christchurch-based...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Organic obstacles. (US Department of Agriculture's national standards proposal for organic food production)
- Organic food processors and consumers who have been opposing various state standards through the years harshly criticized the USDA's national standards proposal which was passed in Dec 1997. The new proposals allow the organic food industry to use irradiaOrganic food processors and consumers who have been opposing various state standards...
- Research articles 1998-04-01
- Whole Foods Market Well-Positioned for Gains as Organic Food Sales Soar
- Jamie Moye submits: U.S. organic food production has more than doubled since the late 1990s; however, the consumer appetite has grown even faster, with organic food sales increasing from $3.6 billion in 1997 to $21.1 billion in 2008, and now accounting for 3 percent of total U.S. food sales. ...
- External links 2009-10-15
- Regs on Organic Food Ingredients - US Department of Agriculture regulations - Brief Article
- The USDA issued the final rule on organic food standards in December 2000. Under the rule, a food product can be placed into one of three categories: 100% organic, organic, or made with specified organic ingredients. Natural flavorings can be used in the last two categories, but not in food...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Organic food labels make local debut
- New organic food labels regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are making their debut and will boost the already rapid growth of organic food sales, an official of the La Farge, Wis.-based Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool said Thursday."I think they definitely will" add to sales growth, said Theresa...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Large Majorities See Organic Food as Safer, Better for the Environment And Healthier — But Also More Expensive
- Those Who Eat a Lot of Organic Food Also Think It Tastes Better and is Worth the Extra Cost ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Those who buy organic food regularly are still a small minority, but a growing one. Organic food is seen by most people as safer, better for the...
- Research articles 2007-10-08
- Organic standards go national at last.(Agriculture Dept to launch uniform standards for organic food products)
- The Agriculture Dept will announce a national certification program for organic food products in summer 1999. The development is a culmination of roughly 10 years of efforts to establish a uniform standard for organic food and is being hailed by organic food growers, processors and consumers who have waited for...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- Chesswood has been expanding its range of vegetarian conned convenience food and building on the popularity of organic food with its range now certified 100% organic by the Soil Association
- Chesswood has been expanding its range of vegetarian conned convenience food and building on the popularity of organic food with its range now certified 100% organic by the Soil Association. Its organic vegetable meals contain less than 5% fat and include chunky chilli, spicy curries and a winter warmer hotpot....
- Research articles 2007-09-08
- Why Food Safety Will Continue Driving Growth in Demand for Organic Food
- For reasons beyond the control of the organic community, there is now a raging food safety, food quality debate underway around the world. It is focusing on the impacts of different farming systems and technologies conventional farming versus biotech versus IPM versus organic. This article explains in detail why food...
- White papers 2003-01-24
- Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be one of the judges handing out more than 50 awards to producers of top quality organic food at the Soil Association Organic Food Awards, which takes place 1 September
- Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be one of the judges handing out more than 50 awards to producers of top quality organic food at the Soil Association Organic Food Awards, which takes place 1 September. Highland Spring Natural Mineral Water is this year's main sponsor of the awards, which will...
- Research articles 2006-06-17
- Tesco on track to meet organic target - Food Retailing - goal to sell GBP 1billion worth of organic food annually - Brief Article
- According to the UK's leading food retailer, sales of organic food at Tesco soared by more than 30% in the last year, putting the retailer on track to meet its 1bn [pounds sterling]-worth (1.6bn [euro]) of organic food sales target which it set last year.
- Research articles 2002-05-09
- USDA Rescinds Controversial Organic Food Rule
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS ? U.S. Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman has rescinded new organic food guidelines that critics say threatened to undermine the integrity of the organic food industry. The directives, announced last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA, relaxed enforcement of the national organic standards and allowed...
- Research articles 2004-05-27
- Natural laws. (organic food standards)
- The National Organic Standards Board has recommended a mandatory standards and certification system for the organic food industry to the USDA. The proposed system covers processing and labeling of organic foods for both handlers and food processors. The board has considered the development of a national list of natural and...
- Research articles 1994-10-01
- EU allows GM materials in organic food
- Organic groups have slammed an EU decision to allow genetically modified material in organic food. Ministers in Brussels have signed off a regulation that will allow up to 0.9% of an organic product to come from GM sources without any mention of it on the label. "People buy...
- Research articles 2007-06-16
- Organic Food Products Changes Name to Spectrum Organic Products, Inc
- Business Editors/Food & Beverage Writers PETALUMA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 5, 2000 Organic Food Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: OFPI), announced that effective January 5, 2000, the Company will begin trading under its new name, Spectrum Organic Products, Inc. The name change was approved by shareholders in connection with the merger with...
- Research articles 2000-01-05
- Organic food trend chips out a niche in snack food aisle
- Organic food is breaking out of the produce section to a spot few anticipated: the snack aisle. Forget stereotypes of pristine strawberries or zucchinis untouched by preservatives, pesticides, hormones or antibiotics. It's sales of organic snacks, also produced in accordance with government rules to be labeled "organic," that are...
- Research articles 2004-06-17
- National Organic Standards Are Close - organic food regulation proposal - Brief Article
- In March 2000, USDA announced a new proposal for uniform, consistent national standards for organic food. The proposal offers a national definition for the term "organic" and spells out implementation of the National Organic Program NOP. Currently, organic agricultural products are certified by various private and state a organizations, which...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- ORGANIC FOOD: ORGANIC FARMERS FORM A EUROPEAN NETWORK.(French confederation of organic farmers)
- Twenty-two delegates representing regional or national organic farming organisations from across Europe, including the applicant countries, met in mid-October in Paris at the initiative of the French confederation of organic farmers FNAB. The meeting resulted in the birth of a network specifically for Europe's organic farmers....
- Research articles 2002-11-08
- Clinton Administration Hit on Delay in Organic Food Regulations - Brief Article
- "Foot-dragging and policy blunders by the Clinton-Gore Administration" have cost the organic food sector "billions of dollars in lost revenue," according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group EWG. A national standard for organic food, complete with a "USDA-Certified Organic" label, is expected to be a boon to...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
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