All About Organics

www.wikipedia.org - Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and that they were processed without ionizing radiation or food additives.[1] Livestock are reared without the routine use of antibiotics and without the use of growth hormones. In most countries, organic produce must not be genetically modified. Organic food production is legally regulated. Currently, the European Union, the United States, Japan and many other countries require producers to obtain organic certification in order to market food as organic....

Taking Care by Living Green

Annie B. Bond, Care2 Make a Difference - Over the years I have become convinced that the vast majority of people are well intentioned about being eco-friendly, natural consumers, both for the sake of their families and the environment.The obstacles keeping them from making eco-friendly consumer choices are usually lack of time to do the research, not knowing where to find the research to begin with, and the lack of convenient access to the products.

Non-Toxic Personal Care

Diane di Costanzo, The Green Guide - Deirdre Imus has been concerned about toxins in food since she was a teenager. More recently, while perusing articles in scholarly journals about dangerous food additives, Deirdre, who is married to radio talk-show host Don Imus, discovered that some of those same toxic substances lurked in the health and beauty products she had been buying...