Organic World Congress

Report from the Green Edge 1: The Organic World Congress

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Italy, Green, Organic World Congress, Patagonia, Jill Dumain, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Organic, Modena, Ifoam, Alan Greene, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Dr. Alan Greene, Stanford Professor and author of Raising Baby Green, addressing the 2008 Organic World Congress on epidemiological studies relating ...

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Green Edge 2: Organic Wine-Making

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environment, Food, Organic Farming, Levizzano Rangone, Agriculture, John Tepper Marlin, Organic World Congress, Wine, Organic Wine, Healthy Living News
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Wine-making organic standards are more complex than standards for vegetables -- organic vegetable production is earth-friendly, health-friendly and tastes better. For organic wine the case needs more elaboration.

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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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Green Edge 3: Small Farmers, Ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Organic World Congress, Organic Farming, Farming, Modena, Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminist, What Is Slow Food, Slow Food Organization, Food, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, monoculture with a masculine wish to dominate, is at the Organic World Congress to protest the human and environmental cost of industrial farming practices.

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