Organics in the News
Is Organic Food Really Better for You?
The answer appears to be yes. A new study from the University of California-Davis offers more evidence that organically raised vegetables are healthier than those grown under nonorganic practices that rely on chemicals for fert...
Strict rules needed to protect organic crops
Organic Valley lawyer argues for rules to protect organic crops; GM contamination threatens Maine farmers
Farmers are constantly struggling to maintain their livelihood while ensuring a supply of nutritious food for residents o...
Weed It and Reap
FOR Americans who have been looking to Congress to reform the food system, these past few weeks have been, well, the best of times and the worst of times. A new politics has sprouted up around the farm bill, traditionally a paroch...
Organic produce 'better for you'
Researchers looked at a variety of food, including tomatoes
Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says.
The £12m four-year project, led by Newcastle University, found a gener...
US farm bill unlikely to aid good nutrition
Even deep in the US's healthy eating heartland, it is clear how decades of farm subsidies have affected what America eats.
But some argue more help would be useful. Brian Gardiner, a retired farmer from San Jose, south-east of ...
