Organic food has grown hugely in popularity over the last few years and with a weekly delivery box you can be sure you're obtaining the best locally available organic food. Organic boxes are a fantastic way of getting fresh, organic produce delivered direct to your door. Most organic box companies supply boxes of fruit and vegetables of varying sizes, from small boxes suitable to last the week for one or two people, to bumper-sized boxes which can keep a whole family supplied with their...

Home:News:News:Daily Business Daily Business With environmental worries, sales of organic baby food jump Theresa Agovino, AP Business Writer 04/30/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly NEW YORK -- Pauline Amell-Nash worried that the pesticides and additives used to grow and preserve food were bad for her 1-year-old daughter Sophia, not to mention the earth itself. Home:News:News:Daily Business Daily Business With environmental worries, sales of organic baby food jump Theresa...

Department of Agriculture inspects food producers to insure they meet its standards for organic products. Organic food still accounts for a tiny portion of the overall baby food market, but it is definitely growing. Parents like Amell-Nash are propelling a surge in organic baby food sales, and that has prompted more companies to either join or expand their offerings in the sector. That's why the pureed carrots, sweet potatoes and fruits Sophia ate were purchased from makers of organic baby...

The trend has raised concerns about the environmental impact of the "food miles" now becoming involved in organic meat production in Scotland. Some farmers have urged the Soil Association Scotland to slacken the rules so they can breed their stock using a higher level of non-organic feed, according to sources, but that move has been "staunchly resisted" to maintain consumer confidence in organic food. Only a small percentage of feed for organic livestock is allowed to come from non-organic...

Organic baby-food market grows up fast Retailers and manufacturers are moving to respond to increased interest from parents By Theresa Agovino Associated Press Published April 30, 2007 NEW YORK -- Pauline Amell-Nash worried that the pesticides and additives used to grow and preserve food were bad for her 1-year-old daughter, Sophia, not to mention the Earth itself. Organic baby-food market grows up fast Retailers and manufacturers are moving to respond to increased interest from parents By...

There is a growing sense that when Congress passes the farm bill this year, farmers and environmental programs in states such as Pennsylvania and New Jersey could benefit. The act would provide $300 million for farmland and open-space preservation and proposes protecting 10 million acres of grassland and five million acres of wetlands. A notably bipartisan group of congressmen has sent signals that this year they want to create a farm bill that provides more conservation and...

The claim: that the no-growth-hormone labels some dairies attach to their milk are misleading and "result in higher milk prices for consumers and less choice for dairy farmers. But in recent years, more and more dairies have begun asking their farmers to refrain from using the hormone and adding labels to their products to reflect the shift. These labels, Monsanto claims, imply that milk produced with the aid of its hormone products is unsafe. Monsanto, as the primary producer of this...

This column has previously addressed the rationale for widespread application of prostate cancer screening protocols. If the initiation of prostate cancer screening protocols is relevant, it is also pertinent to discuss when to stop screening patients. Patients who were routinely screened often had a less aggressive cancer at diagnosis and a threefold reduction in the likelihood of death from prostate cancer compared to an unscreened population. Second, the screening process must at some...

Everyone at some point has been touched by a health crisis and that's usually what moves them towards organic food. At the store, as in all the other Planet Organic stores across Canada, there's evidence of a holistic approach to embracing the organic philosophy -- the store is cleaned using organic products, wind power is used to operate computers and the staff wears certified organic cotton and bamboo t-shirts manufactured in child labour-free environments. All-organic grocer opens doors...