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Sales of organic foods grew stronger in the United States and Europe through the "great recession" of the late 2000s and the lingering economic uncertainty afterward, interesting investors. Why did the popularity of organic food shoot up in the downturn?
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Halifax -
"Good food - Good for you - Good for the earth." That is the motto at Planet Organic, a Canadian store that supplies organic food and household supplies.
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With the cost of fresh, organic food rising, the consumer is trying to find an alternative and many are turning to old fashioned grow-you-own vegetables.
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Organic foods are all the hype these days, but are they really worth the often substantial premiums you have to pay for them in comparison to our conventional "green revolution" grade food? A new study takes a critical look.
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Toronto -
When the warm weather arrives in Toronto, so do weekly farmer's markets throughout the city. During the season every Thursday you can find fresh produce at Metro Hall.
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New Delhi -
India, at war with itself over the use of biotech agricultural crops, has decided to aim for the global organic food market, worth billions of dollars.
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If it is the end of January, it means the annual Guelph Organic Conference is in town. This year marked the 29th conference.
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A major British study has revealed that organic food has nothing to offer over regular food other than a higher price. Perceived benefits conjure images of snake-oil salesmen and magic elixirs of another day.
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In an era when agendas for science papers are studied as closely as the papers themselves, this study is a skeptic’s firing range, on both sides. Organic food is hot, if you’ll excuse the pun. The thinking, however, isn’t so hot.
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Organic food is produced without pesticides, herbicides, or even peopleocides.
It’s grown according to highly advanced nutritional ideas, ecological concepts, and in the case of permaculture, with very high cost efficiency. So why does it cost so much?
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Are yields the only issue in the organic farming debate?
Organic foods sweetened with brown rice syrup may contain alarming levels of arsenic, scientists say.
 Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major humanitarian group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south.
 Arsenic has been found in foods sweetened with brown rice syrup used in organic cereal bars and baby formulas.
Doctors are calling for more to be done to improve levels of organ donation.
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