Organic facts

    Don’t pass on poison

    It’s startling what comes out of the mouths of some health professionals. A lecturer recently visiting Iowa City spoke of the importance of a healthy diet in preventing illness. Preston Maring, a doctor with 38 years of medical wisdom under his belt, prescribes healthy, organic eating for his patients, arguing that treating illness is the past. “Preventing illness is the future of health care,” he said. So far, so good.   More →

The big picture

Don’t pass on poison

It’s startling what comes out of the mouths of some health professionals. A lecturer recently visiting Iowa City spoke of the importance of a healthy diet in preventing illness. Preston Maring, a doctor with 38 years of medical wisdom under his belt, prescribes healthy, organic eating for his patients, arguing that treating illness is the past. “Preventing illness is the future of health care,” he said. So far, so good.   More →

Certification

Know your labels

So you’ve made the decision to go organic. Congratulations. But how do you trust that what you’re getting is the real thing? We’d be fibbing if we said it was cut and dried, that when you see the word “organic” on a label then that is exactly what you will get. Unfortunately, in many countries, the use of the word itself is not policed. Like “natural” and “green” – two other terms hijacked by savvy marketers seeking   More →

Eco benefits

Dig the dirt

For many people reading this, there is nothing alluring about soil, not even the sweet, consistency-of-crumbled-chocolate-cake organic variety. Like a jolly good pair of wellington boots, you can’t sex it up either. The idea of plunging a hand into tilled soil, deeply inhaling its richness and marvelling at the worms   More →

Organic family

Playing it Cool

“Choose your poisons well.” They aren’t words you’d expect from the mouth of an organic food devotee but restaurateur Jesse Ziff Cool is no stick-in-the-mud. She wants people to eat the best they can most of the time, but a little indulgence every now and then is just fine by her.   More →