Organic Issues
July 27, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 …

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June 08, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 …

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June 02, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 …

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May 12, 2011 • in Organic Issues

Jillian Michaels: Our Food System
Is Set Up to Fail

By guest blogger and leading health-and-wellness expert Jillian Michaels Here’s a statistic for you: One dollar will buy you 1,200 calories of processed garbage that will likely make you fat or sick, or both. Conversely, that same buck will only …

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March 21, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 …

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March 18, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 …

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March 11, 2011 • in Organic Issues

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 # …

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