Organic Produce

EWG Wants You to Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables

Alex Formuzis | Posted 05.15.2012

Alex Formuzis

In June 1993, the Environmental Working Group released a report titled "Pesticides in Children's Food." In the very first line of the forward to that ...

E.U., U.S. Agree To Accept Each Others' Organic Certification

Posted 02.15.2012

Right now, the U.S. government only officially recognizes two standards for organic foods: the USDA's Organic Seal and the equivalent certificate from...

In Praise of Kale

Lisa Turner | Posted 02.12.2012

Lisa Turner

If you're lucky enough to live in sunnier climes, you'll find plenty of local greens, including kale, at your market. And those of us in less-temperate zones can still enjoy this sort-of seasonal green all winter long.

Our Economic Problem: Where Will Growth Come From?

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.24.2011

Maria Rodale

There is one thing that's still been growing, even during the darkest days of the recession: the organics industry. Sure, we are still small. But the organics industry, at $30 billion a year, is now bigger than the publishing industry.

Thank You for Spraying

Ken Cook | Posted 06.08.2011

Ken Cook

Eyes widened in a room of executives from companies with annual organic sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars, as Schmidt described how cakes baked with organic sugar and flour don't taste as good as regular cakes.

Could Organic Produce Be The New Ritalin?

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Walter Crinnion

Dr. Mary Bouchard just published an article showing that children with organophosphate pesticide residues in their urine were twice as likely to have ADHD.

Trading Backyard Bounty: Foraging For Fruit Gains Popularity

nytimes.com | Kim Severson | Posted 11.17.2011

It was just another day of urban fruit foraging for Ms. Wadud, one of a growing number of people who looked around their cities, saw trees full of fru...