Organic farming methods offer several benefits for the environment and human health as a whole, but unfortunately, there are many misconceptions and falsehoods being spread regarding organic food and farming methods, both by proponents and detractors. Here are the facts about what organic methods can do for us and what they can't.

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Why go organic? Living an organic lifestyle is healthy for your body. Your body has the ability to shed off natural harmful bacteria an microorganisms that attack your system. Eating foods that have additives, and preservatives inside, or consuming meat, poultry and dairy products that have been pumped full of antibiotics and growth hormones, this interferes with your natural body system. The additives and preservatives place everything within your body into an imbalance

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Another product recall is beginning, and this time it's a romaine lettuce recall. Samples from a batch of romaine lettuce from Tanimura and Antle Inc. have been found to contain salmonella, and they have begun a recall for it. The presence of the bacteria was detected by a random sample in Wisconsin, and the company has acknowledged that despite the 12-16 day shelf life having been passed for at least half of the shipment, they are being extra cautious, and luckily, no illnesses have been.... More

Every time I see these news I lose more hope on the "system" to be able to feed the population with healthy and safe food. I think sooner or later we will have to grow our own food if we want to be safe and sure about what we are eating. The quality of the produce out there (non organic) has already been shown to contain less and less nutrients. I am all for safety as well, but when safety goes against nature you have t wonder if we are going in the right direction.

Hey, I'm all for food safety. Americans deserve good, wholesome food and they deserve to know the food they eat is safe. That's why I believe in food safety. But, I also believe that before our elected leaders pass laws increasing the amount of record keeping required to farm, we need to consider the impact the laws will have on farmers. I mean, let's make sure we have food to be safe with. Driving farmers out of business with more and more regulation will only make prices go up and up. Who.... More

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On June 8, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) introduced HR 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill "to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes." The bill has since been amended twice with the latest