It could be another milestone in organic food's evolution from crunchy to commercial: Wal-Mart, the king of mass retailing, is to "drive down organic food prices" with a new line of organic food products. The new products will be at least 25...
Organic has long since become an ideology, the romantic back-to-nature obsession of an upper middle class able to afford it and oblivious, in their affluent narcissism, to the challenge of feeding a planet whose population will surge to 9 billion before the...
Does an organic strawberry contain more vitamin C than a conventional one? A new study by Stanford researchers has added fuel to a debate about the differences between organic and conventionally grown foods. ...
How do organic farmers prevent their crops from being devastated by the same pests—insects, weeds, and fungi—that have bedeviled farmers since the invention of agriculture? The answer is surprisingly simple: organic farmers do use pesticides. Lots of them. [This 'oped' article looks at...
The taste and health benefits of organic food could all be in the mind, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that labelling something organic triggers the 'health halo' effect, tricking the brain into thinking it is...