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Gatheround Crowdfunding Lets You Make Micro Loans to Small Food Producers
Slow Money, an offshoot of the popular Slow Food movement, announced the launch of Gatheround, a next-generation crowdfunding platform, at its national gathering in April. Gatheround will allow...
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‘Clean Eating’ Diet or Real Food: What’s the Difference?
The clean eating diet is the latest in a line of healthy eating food trends, but figuring out how it’s different from real food and whole food diets can be an arduous task. The details of each trend...
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Target Introduces GMO-Free Food Line
Target has announced that they are rolling out a new food collection aimed at healthy eating. Forty percent of the line will be organic and perhaps more interestingly, all of the products will be...
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Pesticide-Free Organic Food Protects Vital Gut Bacteria
New research out of Australia highlights yet another reason why organic food is better for you than conventionally grown food. Although some scientists and food experts have long maintained that there...
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Deal Between Japan and US Means More Organic Options for Both
A new deal between Japan and the United States could mean more inexpensive, organic options available to consumers in both countries. The agreement makes it easier for the two countries to import and...
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How To Get Skinny While Eating Healthy: 4 Easy Tips
Alright ladies, it’s time to get real. It’s time to accept our bodies for what they are, eating healthy because it makes us feel good in addition to looking our best. We want to teach you how to get...
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15 Memorable Quotes from The Leaders of the Real Food Movement
The world of food is changing. From agriculture to discussions on public health, foodies are working hard to get the public engaged in food issues and politics. If we want a better food system, we...
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Want To Meet Maggie Gyllenhaal? Check The Local Food Co-op.
Would you stock shelves and schlep boxes of lettuce if it meant taking home cheap organic food? Well, that’s what actor Maggie Gyllenhaal, her husband Peter Sarsgaard, and her brother Jake Gyllenhaal...
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Laura’s Favs: Tweets and Comments (November 15, 2013)
Happy Friday everyone! If you’re new to OA, we take time once a week to thank our fans for all the posts, comments, and tweets they leave us every week. Remember to follow us on Pinterest and Google+...
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No More ‘Natural Food’: Brands Trick Out Labels to Avoid Lawsuits
What were once highly motivating selling points on healthy foods, terms like “natural food,” “100% natural,” and “all natural,” have lost much of their luster in recent years. The claims, which have...
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Organic Certifying Agency Looks Ahead to Stricter Organic Regulations
A ten-year forecast on the organic industry was released last week by leading certifier of organic products, QAI (Quality Assurance International). In 2012, more than 55,000 products were certified by...
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Got Natural Living Burnout? 5 Ways to Deal
There are deadly toxins in your baby’s applesauce, your pet food is filled with fatty by-products and your soda pop is nothing less than a sugary grave. Poison gas is leaking from your furniture as...
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Organic Food (Yes, Organic) Linked to High Chemical Exposure Risk
Surprising news for organic food lovers in the recent issue of the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology: a University of Washington study found high levels of plastic in the...
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Organic Eats in San Diego: 5 Amazing Restaurants
California is a place where being obnoxiously healthy is easy to do. Eating an organic diet isn’t just accepted–it’s downright trendy–and finding restaurants that serve fresh, local organic...
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Do Organic Lunches Make Your Kids Food Snobs?
For some parents, one reason to avoid organic foods for their kids’ lunchboxes is the perception that their kids will be deemed snobs for eating organic. Characterizing the choice to eat organic foods...
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It’s About Time: Whole Foods to Grow Its Own Food
Whole Foods Market recently announced that it’s teaming up with New York’s Gotham Greens to build the nation’s first commercial-scale greenhouse atop a supermarket at the company’s Brooklyn location...
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A Healthy Pregnancy: Is Organic Food Enough?
Last fall, many people were outraged when Stanford researchers concluded that organic food was no better because the nutrient content did not surpass conventionally grown crops. Those of us who...
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USDA to Invest in Growing Organic Food Segment
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the agency would begin focusing more attention on the growth of the organic food industry, reports Food Safety News. At a recent Organic Trade...
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Unapproved GMO Wheat Found Growing in Oregon
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) discovered an unapproved variety of glyphosate-resistant GMO wheat in samples taken from a farm in...
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Earthbound Farm Sells Its Organic Produce Operation to WhiteWave for $600...
Earthbound Farm, the California-based produce brand best known for creating the organic bagged salad category, has sold to WhiteWave Foods for $600 million. WhiteWave is the parent company of Silk...
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