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Organic vegetables in the supermarket

A new study strongly suggests eating a diet of organic foods can lower cancer rates

Health & Medicine

Breast cancer rates were 35 percent less in older women and lymphomas were 70 percent less among high consumers of organic food, a major study has found.

Bulk food bins

A new store opening in Brooklyn aims to reduce food and packaging waste

Lifestyle
Fruits and veggies

Your favorite produce probably comes with a side of pesticide

Environment
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New study links ADHD to pesticide exposure

Environment

Author finds Americans eating healthier — despite higher food prices

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Jobs scarce, more Italians volunteering on organic farms

Business, Economics and Jobs

Italy’s unemployment rate is more than 10 percent, but among the young, it’s vastly worse. Perhaps 35 percent, or worse. So a growing number of young Italians, and a few others who are out-of-work, are turning to the country’s organic farms, where they can learn a skill, and keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.

Some Chinese buying organic to avoid food contamination — but is it enough?

Development & Education

The Chinese are becoming more and more fond of purchasing organic produce–but not so much for the health benefits but because it can help them hopefully avoid tainted foods.

How organic food saved a hard-luck, Vermont town

Business, Economics and Jobs

Journalist chronicles how the hard-luck town of Hardwick, Vt., prospered thanks to a local organic food movement, but ironically, residents can’t afford organic food prices.

Local eating in a global world

Environment

Exploring how far eating locally-grown or organic foods gets us in building a globally sustainable food system.

Fake organic foods proliferate from China

Environment

Think those “organic” strawberries from China are better for the environment? Think again.

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