#Organics

I’m working on a new edition of What to Eat and am spending a lot of time in grocery stores seeing what’s new and different since 2006—vastly more than I thought when I signed up to do this project, which is why it is taking a long time to do. One change is in the number of products displaying

Lorraine Lewandrowski, a correspondent who keeps me up to date on the dairy industry,  forwarded this bad-news article from the Vermont Digger: Danone, owner of Horizon Organic, to terminate contracts with Vermont farmers The move represents the latest blow to an industry that has been struggling

When my partner, Mal Nesheim, showed me this ad in Sunday’s New York Times, I had two immediate questions. Question #1: Who paid for this? The answer: Bobbie’s Infant Formula “inspired by a mom’s choice.” When I went to the website, I learned that Bobbie’s infant formula is organic.  I am

Elliot Coleman.  The New Organic Grower: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener.  30th Anniversary Edition.  Chelsea Green, 2018. The first edition of this book came out in 1989 and it has been an essential tool for organic farmers and home gardeneres ever

You have to have some sympathy for egg producers.  Egg consumption has been declining for years. Egg producers blame the decline on cholesterol concerns; eggs are by far the largest dietary source of cholesterol. Now Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs is petitioning the FDA to forget about