10 Organic Thanksgiving Recipes
It’s the ultimate foodie day: Thanksgiving! But here’s something we’re not thankful for: Many traditional Thanksgiving staples, such as cranberries, green beans, sweet potatoes, and leafy greens, rank among the top foods at risk for toxic pesticide residue, according to The Organic Center’s new Dietary Risk Index. Make this year’s Thanksgiving your healthiest yet with […]
10 Trends Shifting the Way Products Are Being Made
New Hope 360 sat down with market watchers Liz Sloane, Steve French and Doug Kalman, and toured the show floor at SupplySide West in Las Vegas in October, and came away with new insights into consumer demands that savvy companies can use to help direct their new product development efforts. The “Free-From” Movement Marches On […]
The Natural Effect
Check out the new Only Organic Campaign! The organic seal indicates that food has been grown in ways that has passed nature’s own test for being good for you and good for nature. In this hilarious video “The False Advertising Industry” reveals the shocking truth about what is allowed in “Natural” food. As a reminder […]
Organic Trade Association’s New CEO on the Future of Organics
In the midst of the frenzy kicked up by Cheerios’ GMO-free announcement, the organic world has been buzzing with its own important news after the Organic Trade Association named longtime industry veteran Laura Batcha to become the association’s CEO and executive director. Batcha will take the helm of the North American organization at a time […]
Maybe your 2014 New Year’s Resolution Should Be Eating Vegan Mayo
Why eat Vegenaise if you aren’t a vegan? Mayo can be enough of a culinary risk of its own (we try not to think about it too much). Well, apparently Vegenaise is AWESOME. So swears Slate writer Katherine Goldstein in the slightly hyperbolically titled “The Most Incredible Condiment You Probably Aren’t Using”: The flavor was […]
How to Find Great Organic Wine
It was the late 1990s when “organic wine” began appearing on store shelves. Many consumers, including this writer, were thrilled to finally discover organic wine options. But according to Adam Morganstern, wine expert and editor of the Organic Wine Journal, many wines that aren’t labeled organic actually are. “Some of the best organic wines in […]
Would GMO Labeling Jack Up Food Prices?
The push to require labels for genetically modified food, which flared up in California before drowning under a flood of industry cash last year, is now underway in Washington state. Predictably, agrichemical and organic interests are pouring money into, respectively, defeating and supporting a ballot initiative called I-522, which would require foods containing GMO ingredients […]
Why to Support Labeling GM Foods
Many U.S. states have mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods on their legislative agendas. Survey after survey shows that more than 90 percent of us want GM foods to be labeled. Now is the time to contact your elected representatives and let them know you’re concerned about genetically modified food. Genes form the building blocks […]
Squirrels Prefer Organic Over GMO Corn
Paul Fonder had heard about experiments showing that when given the choice animals will prefer non-GMO over GMO corn. After reading an article from the May 2008 issue of The Organic & Non-GMO Report, “Mice eat farmer’s non-GM corn, ignore GM,” Fonder decided to try an experiment himself. “I was curious to see what kind […]
Why GMO Labeling Won’t Cost Consumers a Dime
By Zack Kaldveer and Ronnie Cummins Organic Consumers Association, April 9, 2013 The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, will soon descend on the state of Washington to try their best to defeat I-522, a citizens’ ballot initiative to require mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. Voters should prepare themselves for an […]