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New Study: Organic Food Drops Your Toxins in Six Days!

February 21, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Baltimore family reduces pesticides. Chart and photo via FOE.

A new study by Friends of the Earth shows that eating organic food can drop the signs of toxic chemicals in your body by an average of over 60% in less than a week! As the researchers say, organic works! The Organic for All study tested four racially and geographically diverse families who ate their […]

Filed Under: Organic Tagged With: Friends of the Earth, organic food, pesticides

Eat organic vegetables for a safer pregnancy

July 28, 2017 by linda watson Leave a Comment

Mother and child at farmers market love my curry

Can eating organic vegetables help you have a safer pregnancy? New research says yes! Eating organic vegetables reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia, an uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous condition. That’s the findings of a large Norwegian study involving over 28,000 women. One in twenty pregnant women suffer from pre-eclampsia (formerly called toxemia). If not treated, pre-eclampsia […]

Filed Under: Healthy, Organic, Vegetables Tagged With: organic vegetables, pregnancy

Mosquito Spray Endangers Vegetable Gardens, Pollinators, and Birds

May 19, 2017 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Man spraying huge fog of mosquito spray into a stream

A new problem has hit for families trying to grow vegetables at home: mosquito spray. More and more of my neighbors are having their yards sprayed for mosquitoes. The spray drifts into other yards when there is any breeze. The technicians usually face the neighboring property as they blast plants at the borders, spraying 20 […]

Filed Under: Organic Tagged With: growing vegetables, pesticides

Why eat organic food? To avoid pesticides and get better nutrition

December 5, 2016 by linda watson Leave a Comment

In 2012, Big Food spent lots of money fighting mandatory organic labeling in California and Big Media played along. One of the most cited studies in the debate about why to eat organic food was the meta-study, Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives? A Systematic Review. Guess which part of its conclusion […]

Filed Under: Organic Tagged With: children, organic, pesticides, toxins

New report: best supermarkets for local and organic food

December 5, 2016 by linda watson Leave a Comment

produce at supermarket checkout

Home shoppers can learn much from the new report Many Miles to Go: Locally Grown Organics in North Carolina Supermarkets, even though it is aimed squarely at grocery executives. Do supermarkets agree on the meanings of “local” or “regional”? Which grocery chains truly support local food, which use greenwashing, and which frankly don’t care? What’s […]

Filed Under: Local, Organic, Save money

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