The infographic below from the Organic Center explains why eating organic food is better for you and the planet. In short, producing organic food saves millions of gallons of drinking water. It reduces our exposure to toxic chemicals when we eat fruit and vegetables. It eliminates synthetic hormones in our milk. Producing organic food also […]
Organic milk is healthier and more nutritious than milk produced the old fashioned way. Scientists at Washington State University compared the milk that came from two groups of cows. The “old fashioned” cows had been fed a diet of mostly corn, probably living in what are called “confined animal feedlots” where they are also […]
One of the nation’s largest organic dairies must stop using the organic label on some of its products because it is not producing that milk organically. Aurora Organic Dairy provides the organic milk Wal-Mart, Costco, Wild Oats, Trader Joe’s and Safeway sell under their own brand names. The dairy agreed to make major changes in […]
