Cereal Crimes

by Cornucopia Institute

Federal law requires that organic food products be produced promoting ecological sustainability, without the toxic inputs and genetically engineered ingredients common in the conventional food system.
Increasingly, organic products are forced to compete with products that claim to be “natural.”
There are no restrictions for foods labeled “natural” (very basic standards exist only for meat [...]

Grass-Fed Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner

The images are an indelible part of our heritage — open fields of cattle, grazing peacefully, with the occasional flick of a tail to break up the scene.
According to the 2008 film, Food Inc., this picture may be more nostalgia than a true representation of today’s food system. Currently much of our beef is delivered [...]

Chippewa Falls Organic Food Buying Club

When Barb Harling, Kathy Mandelert and a few other local Chippewaites started CHIPS (or the Chippewa Falls Organic Food Buying Club) in 1980, the idea was a novel one. Back then, you simply couldn’t buy organic food in the grocery stores and natural food co-ops were stores that existed only on the East and West [...]

Organic Baby Foods: An Expanding Market

by Second Opinion Publisher Arwen Rassmusen
Four years ago when we found out we were going to be parents, I decided that my baby would be grown and raised on organic and natural foods. As the editor of an organic, natural magazine, I new how important it was for me to start eating well, eating clean, [...]

Changing Things Up – Without the Chemicals

January is a common time when people are ready for a change – winter has thoroughly set in, New Year’s resolutions are being made, and nails and hair are starting to need a little “boost.” This year, when you consider pampering yourself with a new hair color or a nice set of nails, you don’t [...]

Shopping Carts and the Health Care Fight

Including the USDA in health discussions could lead to better subsidies for organic farms — and healthier Americans.
By Robyn O’Brien | The less we spend on food, the more we spend on health care,” said Michael Pollan on Oprah.
Today, Americans spend almost 20 cents of every dollar managing disease — diabetes, allergies, asthma, cancer, [...]

Stirring Interest In Organic Foods

Farm is part of effort to offer schools fresh, local items

By John-John Williams IV | Standing amid rows of lush, multicolored vegetables, Jeanette Orrey of England basked in the sunlight drawn to the main greenhouse of the Baltimore school system’s Great Kids Farm at the Bragg Nature Center. She ate a handful of leafy sprouts, [...]

Local farms near you!

Visit these websites to discover fresh produce right around the corner…
Localharvest.org
Local Harvest provides a comprehensive nationwide directory of family farms, farmers’ markets, CSAs, and other locavores. Just enter your zip code to find those closest to you. You can also find local area events like when farms have visiting hours, special events, as well as [...]

Vertical Farming

by Kathryn Flehmer
For many people in the Midwest, the word “farm” brings to mind acres of corn, fields of wheat, and barns that house cows and chickens in the sprawling countryside. However, how much longer can this image remain true? Throughout the world, over 80% of the land suitable for farming is in use. [...]

Green Laundry

by Jen Quinlan
Maybe you don’t get all the chemistry behind why phosphates are bad or what effects doing your laundry can have on the environment. That’s OK! You don’t need to be a chemist to know that every aspect of our lives could probably be a little more ecologically responsible. Thanks to Green Planet’s top [...]

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