Organic School Lunches

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Organic School Lunches

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 | No Comments

Lots and lots of kids eat their midday meal in the school cafeteria. Mostly because of public outcry, school lunches have gotten better over the years as far as nutrition goes, but just nutrition doesn’t go far enough. Serving apples rather than candy bars for dessert might be a slight improvement, but if the apples […]

Organic Restaurants

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 | No Comments

Because the food industry is beginning to understand the importance of organic food to consumers, it is getting easier to find restaurants that serve organic food. Finally, the prepared food industry is “getting it” that genetically altered food, and all of the additives and hormones and other chemicals in the food they serve to their […]

Organic Pet Food

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 | No Comments

Those of us who have pets really love them. We often refer to them as our “fur kids” (as opposed to our “skin kids”). We adore both. We want the best for both. A friend of mine told me the other day that she buys bottled water for her dog. SHE, of course, drinks tap […]

Organic Milk

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | No Comments

You’re going to be finding more organic milk in the dairy cases of your local supermarket. The reason is simple. The demand for organic milk has exploded! Pediatricians are recommending organic milk, and parents are demanding that organic milk be made available. As we all know, supply and demand is what drives the marketplace. You […]

Organic Meat and Cancer

By Tim Thompson on Friday, February 8th, 2013 | No Comments

The scientific community has been in agreement since the 1970s that consumption of excessive amounts of red meat contributes to contracting several different kinds of cancer, including colorectal cancer and possibly breast cancer as well. The booger-bear in red meat is apparently the fat content, although there is also some evidence that other factors may […]

Organic Gardening

By Tim Thompson on Saturday, January 19th, 2013 | No Comments

Most people think that “organic gardening” means only the artificial pesticides and fertilizers are not used on the plants. That is, of course, true, but that is not quite all that there is to organic gardening. Organic gardening is more like playing one instrument in an orchestra rather than giving a solo performance. A true […]

Organic Food vs. Childhood Obesity

By Tim Thompson on Monday, January 14th, 2013 | No Comments

Eating organic is such a simple concept that it is deceiving. The idea is to eat fruits and vegetables that have been produced without the use of chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides, meat that is from animals that have not been given antibiotics and growth hormones, and food that does not contain chemical flavor enhancers […]

Organic Food Online

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 | No Comments

In many parts of the country, finding organic food is a difficult task. Unfortunately, organic food is not readily available everywhere…yet. In most parts of the country, you can find organically produced foods locally. Farmer’s markets are a good place to start. You can find food that has been grown without the use of chemical […]

Organic Food Myths

By Tim Thompson on Thursday, December 27th, 2012 | No Comments

There are always at least two different opinions, no matter what the subject is. Organic food isn’t an exception. I always wonder where and how these myths start and who starts them. It’s been my experience that most often the people who start myths and rumors are those who stand to gain in some way. […]

Organic Food History

By Tim Thompson on Friday, December 21st, 2012 | No Comments

The fact is that all farming and ranching was done with what are now considered organic methods before the 1900s. It’s not that farmers and ranchers were more conscious or more concerned about natural resource conservation or even more concerned about pollution. It was because there simply was no other choice. “Progress” hadn’t happened yet. […]

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