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WATCH: Healthy Tips For Shopping The Farmers Market

Posted 08.28.2011

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When it comes to fresh food, the farmers market is a great spot to find healthy options -- but sometimes all of those options can get confusing. T...

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The 12 Fruits And Vegetables With The Most Pesticides

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 08.13.2011

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Could an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Maybe -- but it may also be coated in pesticides. Today, the Environmental Working Group, an advo...

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Their Spray Rigs in a Twist

Ken Cook | Posted 07.13.2011

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Ken Cook

It apparently doesn't occur to the pesticide-produce lobby that the reason sales for organic products have surged is because they taste better and don't deliver toxic pesticides into one's daily diet.

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Is There Lead in Your Juice?

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

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Maria Rodale

A recent test by the Environmental Law Foundation found higher than acceptable levels of lead in both organic and "conventional" juices and baby foods. What are the effects of too much lead?

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Green Edge 4: Organic Fruit Worth the Premium

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Reports, Cafe Concerto, National Sustainable Agriculture Service, Organic World Congress, Florida Organic Group, Organic Fruit, Green Living, Environmental Working Group, Francescana, Marty Mesh, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Consumer Reports singles out fruit that is worth a marketplace premium: apples, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, raspberries and strawberries -- or all fruit for baby food.

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