February 2011 Blog Posts (2)

Top 10 Reasons to Support Organic in the 21st Century (Reprinted from Organic.org)

I like this article, and I think there are some very salient points, but, while briefly mentioned, I think they overlooked the financial/economic benefits of sustainable organics.

1. Reduce The Toxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our Bodies

Buying organic food promotes a less toxic environment for all living things. With only 0.5 percent of crop and pasture land in organic, according to USDA that leaves 99.5 percent of farm acres…

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Added by Ty Mellon on February 22, 2011 at 7:40am — No Comments

Local Foods

The Austin Chronicle is like the Foogs website -- I don't access it often enough. So I was both surprised and pleased to find this article "Local Is As Local Does" in the latest issue.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2011-02-18/local-is-as-local-does/

Surprised and pleased to see yet another entry in the "Everybody is getting in on this . . ." movement, but not surprised that…

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Added by Camilo Garcia on February 19, 2011 at 8:15pm — No Comments