Category Archives: Organic Foods & Farming

ICCI Needs Help Stopping Pro-Factory Farm Bill!

Posted on May 4, 2006 by bfiasamgarchik

ICCI Needs Help Stopping Pro-Factory Farm Bill! By Sam Garchik ICCI sent this along to Linda, who passed it on to me. The bill was actually passed, so send your comments on to the guv… Dear CCI member, On … Continue reading →

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ALTA’S LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP

Posted on November 22, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

ALTA'S LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP Saturday, November 19th saw about 30 folks assemble for informal, informative discussions with IOWA elected officials. Our own DFQC's ALTA PRICE organized the event held at the Bettendorf Community Center. It was a chance for concerned citizens … Continue reading →

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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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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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HOGS, HOGS, HOGS AGAIN

Posted on October 23, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

Hogs, Hogs, Hogs Again A public health emergency needs to be issued for the state of Iowa. Industrial-strength hog lot confinements are getting a strangle hold on our air. If you live in one of the medium to large cities … Continue reading →

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Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD’S Legacy to be Honored

Posted on October 16, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD'S Legacy to be Honored Members of a newly-formed heritage group from ALDO LEOPOLD'S hometown of Burlington are bringing a noted Leopold scholar to their community as part of a season-long celebration of their native son's legacy. … Continue reading →

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HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO

Posted on October 9, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO Normally an IOWA-based radio program about hogs mentions the words commodity, pork bellies, or futures at least once. The one this morning on 1270 AM-WKBF did not. The program “Conversation With Cathy And Karl” … Continue reading →

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MORE HOGS, HOGS, HOGS

Posted on October 2, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

HOG CONFINEMENT PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN REYNOLDS, ILLINOIS Monday, September 26th, 2005 saw more than 150 people gather at 6:30pm in the Reynolds, IL American Legion hall to gather information about HOG CONFINEMENTS. For those unfamiliar, a CONENTRATED ANIMAL CONFINEMENT OPERATION … Continue reading →

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Going Organic Can Shield Children From Pesticides

Posted on September 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Going Organic Can Shield Children From Pesticides by Marla Cone, LATimes.com Switching to organic foods provides children “dramatic and immediate” protection from pesticides that are widely used on a variety of crops, according to a study by a team of … Continue reading →

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Consumers Want COOL for Food

Posted on September 17, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Consumers Want Country of Origin Labeling for Food by Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org Speaking from my own perspective, with the increasing incidents and concerns over mad cow disease, humans dying from Streptococcus suis (a pig disease), and the pandemic of bird … Continue reading →

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