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Worried Parents Turning To Organic Food

Posted on November 4, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Worried Parents Turning to Organic Food

by Libby Quaid, CommonDreams.org

Erin O'Neal has two daughters and a fridge stocked with organic cheese, milk, fruits and vegetables in her Annapolis, Md., home. She is among the increasing number of parents who buy organic to keep their children's diets free of food grown with pesticides, hormones, antibiotics or genetic engineering.

“The pesticide issue just scares me — it wigs me out to think about the amount of chemicals that might be going into my kid,” said O'Neal, 36.

Since last year, sales of organic baby food have jumped nearly 18 percent, double the overall growth of organic food sales, according to the marketing information company ACNielsen.

As demand has risen, organic food for children has popped up at more than just natural food stores.

For example, Earth's Best baby food, a mainstay in Whole Foods and Wild Oats markets, just reached a national distribution deal with Toys R Us and Babies R Us. Gerber is selling organic baby food under its Tender Harvest label. Stonyfield Farm's YoBaby yogurt can be found in supermarkets everywhere.

The concern about children is that they are more vulnerable to toxins in their diets, said Alan Greene, a pediatrician in northern California. As children grow rapidly, their brains and organs are forming and they eat more for their size than do grown-ups, Greene said.

“Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do,” said Greene, who promotes organic food in his books and on his Web site, http://www.drgreene.com
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Rumsfeld Makes Killing on Bird Flu Remedy

Posted on November 3, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Rumsfeld Makes Killing on Bird Flu Remedy by Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writer, CNN Money Could Bush be using an exaggerated threat of bird flu to instill panic, instate martial law AND enrich cronies? I'm thinkin' yes. Defense Secretary, … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Change At Leopold Center?

Posted on November 2, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Unexpected Change At Leopold Center? Something rather disturbing crossed my e-mail inbox this morning. I don't have a supporting link – but will try to provide one if the story hits one of the local papers. (Take that as a … Continue reading →

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The Iowa-New Orleans Recording Connection

Posted on November 1, 2005 by bfialindathieman

The Iowa-New Orleans Recording Connection by Iowa's Tom Poe, Studio for Recording The New Orleans disaster wiped out most of the recording studios in the region. This tragedy is not life-threatening. However, it is compelling. Our country is founded on … Continue reading →

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This Week in Media

Posted on October 31, 2005 by bfiaarronwings

This Week in Media This week has been a busy one for media watchers. The transition to Digital TV continued to occupy committees in the House and Senate and AARP has joined the groups with an interest in the outcome. … Continue reading →

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Economic Priorities Moving U.S. in Wrong Direction

Posted on October 29, 2005 by Trish Nelson

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Economic Priorities Moving U.S. in Wrong Direction MinutemanMediaby Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Every autumn, as the leaves change color, we get a vivid new picture of the trends that pull … Continue reading →

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COOL has been Killed

Posted on October 28, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Politics and Money to Blame for Killing Consumer-Friendly Food Labeling Program. This is completely unacceptable! Note: The only silver lining is that the Larry Craig provision to exempt factory farms from Superfund and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know … Continue reading →

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Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History

Posted on October 27, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History Good Grief. Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday said quarterly profit surged 75 percent to nearly $10 billion, raking in a bonanza from record oil prices. … Continue reading →

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ROSA PARKS: The Woman Who Sat Down For What She Believed In

Posted on October 25, 2005 by bfialindathieman

ROSA PARKS: The Woman Who “Sat Down” For What She Believed In by Molly Regan [Editor's note: Back before Molly Regan became a regular poster with Blog for Iowa, she wrote this tribute to her hero, Rosa Parks, for us. … Continue reading →

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No Pass, No Play

Posted on October 25, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

No Pass, No Play While this might not seem like an outwardly political post (it does let me use that “failing paper” icon in context, however!) – this caught my eye as being something rather troublesome in terms of the … Continue reading →

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