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Why bother with organic cotton?

Cotton accounts for less than 3% of farmed land globally but consumes about a quarter of the pesticides. Isn’t that mind-boggling? That statistic won’t change until we let cotton farmers know, through our purchasing habits, that we object. Think about it.

Kermit’s wisdom

As it turns out, Kermit was quite right. It’s not easy being green. Check that. If you’re living on a budget, it’s not easy being green. Environmentalists tend to be upper-middle class folks who can afford the luxury of being green. Check out this article from the Washington Post today. And the author has a [...]

Check out Ovie!

Organic Valley, whose organic milk is currently sharing space in my fridge with a leftover peice of strawberry pie, has a super cool website that I just found. They have games for kids (check out Ovie’s Underground in the Get Cultured! section), you can meet their farmers, and they have recipes – I can’t wait [...]

Organic milk – worth the premium?

There’s been a lot of discussion out there about whether or not organic milk is worth what we pay for it. It’s one of the organic foods that has fully entered the main stream. All the grocery stores around me carry at least 3 different brands of organic milk, and US demand has actually become [...]

Top foods to buy organic

Sure, if I could buy everything organic, I’m sure I’d feel better and have improved health. But we can’t all do that, either because of the increased cost of organics, or local availability. My local supermarket carries a few types of organic produce and dairy, but to get a good selection I have to drive [...]