Saturday, April 30, 2011

Organic News 4-30-11

   How to make the perfect recession martini
Salon
More: Felisa Rogers By Felisa Rogers 3-year-old Zoie helps out in the kitchen at McKenzie River Organic Farm. With all the folderol around eating local, very few of us know what eating local really entails, or tastes like, for that matter. ...

Salon
For a life beyond cages
The Hindu
Unfortunately, most eco-feminists in India, while taking up cudgels for organic farming and rural livelihoods, remain silent on the issue of animal exploitation. In the face of such a genocide, abolition is but a plaintive ideal. ...


The Hindu
Documentary envisions future of sustainable local food systems
West Central Tribune
WILLMAR — In one of the scenes in Chris Bedford's new documentary about sustainable food, residents of the Jackson Hill neighborhood in Muskegon, Mich., reflect on the bounty of an organic community garden they established together. ...

Street fair offers a taste of the future
The National
Organic food was on sale at Market@Masdar, a family day and farmers market promoting green living at Masdar City. Crowds of youngsters gathered at the fair for a chance to hold a rabbit in the kids' corner. A face-painting station and a crafts area, ...

The National
Organic skincare and hair products can trigger allergies
The Seattle Times
Online message boards like the Allergic Living Talking Allergies Forum (www.allergicliving.com/forum) offer commiseration and the latest news on companies that have reformulated products with no warning (the newish fragrance-free version of Burt's Bees ...
A bug's life
BBC News
The rain-fed streams are brown from organic matter, while spring-fed ones are clear. "These five types of fly larvae can only live in this type of glacier-fed streams," he explains. "'The streams have a particular combination of low levels of minerals, ...


BBC News
Mitzi Dulan: The Hidden Truth About Food Labels
Opposing Views
The term “Organic” is a generic term used by manufacturers who meet organic standards determined by the USDA. Some general meanings of organic include “of living things” and “derived naturally” although for some organic products those meanings can be ...

Opposing Views
Easter celebration, observances didn't end last Sunday
Pueblo Chieftain
The whole of the paschal celebration unfolding in our lives is an organic process that includes five moments. First, Good Friday, includes the loss of life, coping with change and naming our losses. Second, Easter Sunday, is the reception of new life, ...

Spring brings plant sales galore to Asheville area
Asheville Citizen-Times
HERB FESTIVAL: Products, experts, cookbooks, organic gardening information and Master Gardeners to answer questions. 9 am-5 pm today and 10 am-3 pm Sunday, WNC Farmers' Market, Brevard Road, Asheville. Free admission. www.ashevilleherb FRENCH BROAD ...

Friday, April 29, 2011

Organic News 4-29-11


Step into The Cayenne Room, a New Blog Exploring Paths to Healthy and ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Frontier Natural Products Co-op™, a leading US supplier of organic herbs, spices, and teas, has launched its new blog, The Cayenne Room. Topics will range from flavorful recipes, profiles from inside Frontier, portraits of partner farmers and growers, ...
Respect Living Beings
Santa Barbara Independent
Go organic if you want to control weeds and fertilize your plants. There are many all-natural products on the market that won't cause damage to animals or humans. Your child will learn at an early age that there are natural, nontoxic ways to control ...
The Living Seed Company Offers Rare Seed Varieties
Triple Pundit
Step into The Living Seed Company, a small California business that offers the highest-quality of seeds that grow to be flavorful and nutritious. Each of the seed varieties are 100% open-pollinated, organic or grown on small natural farms, non-GMO, ...

Triple Pundit
India agrees to phase out pesticide endosulfan
Economic Times
This means endosulfan will be listed in Annexe A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants but exemptions will allowed for crop-pest combinations. It will allow India to continue to use this broad spectrum pesticide. ...
Allergies Can Be Natural, Too
Ocala
For her firstborn son, Waylon, she used biodynamic calendula-based products anointed by NaTrue, an international third-party certifier of natural and organic skincare and cosmetics. But her second, Amos, now 2 1/2, is gooped up with Hydrolatum, ...
The Joy of Soy: 2011 Living Green Expo Showcases Benefits of 'The Clean, Green ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Soy biobased products often have lower volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and less toxicity than the products they replace, something many consumers are looking for in the products they buy." The free weekend event, which draws thousands of visitors, ...
Getting to Know Dry-Shade-Loving Plants
Patch.com
Three other ladies and I arrived at 10 am for organic coffee and cookies. The day's topic? Dry-shade planting. Dry-shade plants are a special type of plant that flourish in shady areas where this isn't a lot of moisture. Early on in our coffee break, ...
Save our soil
Hindu Business Line
Elaborating further he says, “As the plants grow together, evaporation losses are greatly reduced, thanks to dense shade which in turn leads to rapid regeneration of the organic life of the soil. The result: all-round healthy and fruitful growth.”

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Organic News 4-28-11

 EXCLUSIVE: Maria Menounos On Living Green, Organic Gardening, And Her New Book
Ecorazzi
However, I couldn't leave being green out of the book because a greener lifestyle in the end is a healthier, more practical and more cost effective way of life which is so organic to the core values of Maria: I became conscious of it when I began ...

Bulgaria's organic food production up 15%: association chairman
Focus News
One of the events is an exhibition of tourist and organic products. According to Popyordanov consumers' confidence in organic production is strengthening. This type of food is more expensive and green houses are not a cheap place for living, he said. ...
Living the Green Life Award
Patch.com
Walk along a gravel side path and through the wood gate to the backyard, and you will find an oasis of organic vegetables, herbs, and fruit trees. If you look up above the back patio, you will see solar panels on the roof. A rollable composter rests ...
A living sculpture
Sheboygan Press
All hour-long tours begin at 3 pm and cost $10 (free with proof of admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum's exhibit, "Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century"). Children under age 18 are admitted free. Reservations are required and ...
Allergies Can Be Natural, Too
New York Times
Wenonah Madison-Sauer switched to traditional skin treatments for Amos, 2 1/2, when he displayed allergic reactions to organic brands. By ALEXANDRA ZISSU WENONAH MADISON-SAUER, 36, co-owner of a farm and take-out restaurant on Martha's Vineyard, ...

New York Times
At Gladstone Center, children and seniors sow an organic garden and a partnership
OregonLive.com
Grisham is one of 20 volunteers from the Somerset Assisted Living Facility in Gladstone who is helping children at the center plant an organic garden. Kathy Hartlaub, the coordinator at the Gladstone center, said it is like "one-stop shopping" for ...

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In Southern Maryland, being 'green' is a way of life
Washington Post
Tutman said he wants to see sustainable living depart from its “niche” role so that it is not in constant competition with options that are more convenient or inexpensive. “It's like the organic section of the supermarket. It's great, but it doesn't ...
Petaluma egg farm at center of debate over organic rules
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
“What impressed us was Steve provides excellent living conditions for his chickens, lots of sunlight, lots of fresh air,” Siemon said. The co-op made an exception in granting membership to Mahrt even though his hens don't ever touch outdoor soil and ...
Organic Crib Mattress for the Masses
Babble (blog)
Natalie Holbrook is a first-time mom and second-time New Yorker, living in a teensy apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She loves a good Diet Coke, wandering aimlessly, and believes you can solve any of life's problems by asking 'What Would Anne ...
Design: The ingenuity of living
Diamondback Online
Wright emphasized privacy and "organic" architecture, incorporating wide-open spaces, low rooflines and seamless transition to the outdoors, ideas that have become common practice today. But Wright went beyond his contemporaries in implementing these ...
 

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Organic News 4-27-11


5 Minutes With Miranda Kerr on Green Living and Baby Flynn!
BellaSugar Australia
I created KORA Organics because I was unable to find a skincare range that was organic and contained the ingredients that I personally was looking for in a skincare line. KORA Organics has given me a platform to share the benefits of living a healthy ...
Chennai embraces organic era
IBNLive.com
said Sridharan Chettiar, an organic farmer for the past one decade. The people in the city are becoming increasingly sensitised due to which his sales has been improving in the last 2 years, he said. “People who are living in urban areas can also ...

Good soil at the heart of Organic Gardening class
Aspen Times
Compost is the decayed, broken-down end product of all living matter. Compost results when organic matter such as grass clippings or leaves, is eaten and digested by bacteria. The metabolic waste of bacteria is a substance called HUMUS. ...

Is Your Organic Compost Really Sewage Sludge?
Mother Jones
He equates the discovery to "finding out that the giant gorgeous Alpine mountain that you've been living next to is a heap of toxic waste." (Kellogg Garden Products did not return a call from Mother Jones). Poop may be the least of the problems with ...


Mother Jones
Local producers visit organic farm
The Tennessean
Through the use of “high-tunnels,” plasticulture, drip irrigation, free-range poultry, naturally raised beef and pork, as well as creative marketing techniques, the family has been able to provide a living from the land without off-farm income. ...
A Little More about Me, Planetsave, and Green Living
PlanetSave.com
I was raised on organic, vegetarian food, so that probably had something to do with it. Though, I think a certain Earth Day, in 3rd grade, is what really sparked my interest and concern. I remember it making an impression on me. ...

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School Salad Bars, Organic Berries, Biopesticides Win NRDC Food Awards
GreenBiz.com
"EarthDance apprentices can stay living in town and at their jobs or schooling, yet learn everything they need to be successful organic farmers." Jim Cochran, winner of the 2011 Food Producer award, knows a thing or two about being a successful organic ...


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New Store Delivers Healthy and Natural Gifts and Essentials
PR Web (press release)
From healthy living items to organic gardening and everything in between, shoppers are looking for a store that offers the high quality items they are looking for to give as gifts - and to treat themselves, too. Thankfully, one new store is fulfilling ...
Marching for Frogs
American Spectator
After first terrifying mothers and their kids about pesticides on food, the website tells them to do the following: "Flex your financial muscle and choose organic for the best personal and planetary health possible. Why is organic best? ...

DSM reports very strong Q1 2011 continuing its positive momentum
Reuters (press release)
The sales momentum is also illustrated by a 7% higher sales level (of which 5% organic) compared to Q4 2010. Nutrition continues to show above GDP volume growth and, although still slightly below Q1 2010, prices are stable compared to Q4 2010. ...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Organic News 04-26-11

 
Think soil, says organic lawn expert
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
The natural fertilizer is living organisms in the soil, like earthworms. The soil is alive. When we fertilize we are bypassing the natural process, killing all those organisms." A lot of organic lawn care is common sense, he says, like leaving grass ...
Novel Microorganism 'Nitrososphaera Viennensis' Isolated
Medical News Today (press release)
Life on Earth would be impossible, without the metabolic capacities of the smallest of all living forms, the Bacteria and the Archaea. These microorganisms play a central role in global nutrient cycles, because they degrade organic matter to the ...
Real Naked Food promotes real, naked lifestyle
Video Gaga - Chicago Tribune (blog)
A former pharmaceutical sales and surgical-device rep, Yucan wasn't always as focused on organic living. She spent a lot of time in hospitals, so she saw only one side of health: the medical side. She sold an anti-inflammatory drug that was a ...
Take a 'Trip to the Tip' with Living Smart
Bellingen Courier Sun
Recyclables from the yellow-lidded bins are collected and sorted and organic waste from the green-lidded bins is turned into A grade compost that is sold. The mixed waste from the red-lidded bins is also processed to recover any recyclables and organic ...
Joe Gardener On Going Green
Today's Garden Center
And I'm not talking organic. As for living an overall more sustainable life and making responsible choices, I'm learning that we're not going to convert everyone. Some people will not look past their own generation, nor will they change their lifestyle ...

Today's Garden Center
Midori Salon & Spa: A Natural Choice For Owner Amber Holland
Patch.com
By Jennifer Akers | Email the author | 4:52pm Amber Holland's organic salon helped her realize something greater than her childhood dream: a chance to boost women's self-esteem and help the environment. The vibe in Midori Salon and Spa, is serene and ...

Monday, April 25, 2011

Organic News 04-25-11


Diaper choices for green parents
Metro Canada - Ottawa
Today they're stylish, eco-friendly (some are even manufactured with wind power), 100 per cent organic cotton, and you can find brands made in Canada — definitely a worthy choice. There's no need to buy new cloth diapers either. ...
New farmers market springs up
Naples Daily News
By JENINE C. OUILLETTE Nature abhors a vacuum so naturally a new farmers market has sprung up in an unlikely venue that could also fill Marco Islanders baskets with exotic organic produce and other yummy things throughout the summer when they come to ...
Gourmet Coffee Company Honors The Spirit Of Musical Legend Bob Marley
KXO Radio
... bear the seals of the US Department of Agriculture and the Organic Crop Improvement Association, as well as the Fair Trade Certified logo. The latter is an assurance that the farmers who source the companies' beans are receiving a fair living wage. ...
Families enjoy Earth Day event
Coeur d'Alene Press
"There's a lot to see, even close," said Robert Provost. His wife, Erin, said it's easy living in a motorhome. Daughter Jamie said she tries to eat healthy, organic stuff and does her part to help the earth by trying to reuse products. ...
Perfect Is The Will Perfect
Music Indistry News Network
Pepaseed favored organic productions and Rastafarian subject matter over the trendy Americanized reggae. His music was generally positive, advocating faith, compassion for poor black youth, and respect for women. He sometimes courted controversy with ...