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Consumer Health & Food Safety - Organic Food
- NEW!! A webcast of the Specialty Foods/Natural Foods Seminar held on March 27, 2008 in Halifax is now available online
- Sensory Qualities of Organic & Conventional Whole-wheat Bread (2004, Leopold Center, USA)
- Are organic
foods healthier? (PDF)
- From the April 2007 CSA News, published by the American Society of Agronomy (www.agronomy.org)
- ASA Agrees on Statements to Promote Health Benefits of Organic Food (UK)
- The Benefits Of Organic
- Challenges Inherent in Delivering Simple, Yet Science-Based Answers to Complex Food Quality Questions
- Cloning for
Food (USA) (PDF, 478 kb)
- Implications for consumers and organic farmers
- Comparing the Fatty Acid Composition of Organic and Conventional Milk
- Consumers Benefit from Organic Potato Breakthrough
- Consumer Preferences For and Attitudes Towards Organic Foods
- Delivering Good Health through Good Food
- Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Longitudinal Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children (PDF, 508 kb)
- Does Organic Production Enhance Phytochemical Content of Fruit and Vegetables? Current Knowledge and Prospects for Research
- Do Organic Fruits and Vegetables Taste Better than Conventional Fruits and Vegetables? (PDF) (USA)
- Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
- "Eat your words, all who scoff at organic food" (London Times)
- The Effectiveness of Farm and Private Sector Initiatives to Reduce Children’s Pesticide Exposures (PDF)
- Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers (PDF, 143 kb)
- Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food Through Organic Farming and Food Processing
- Enhancing Food Nutritional Quality and Human Health Through Organic Farming Systems (USA) (PDF, 522 kb)
- Food is getting healthier and better, thanks to EU research
- Food quality: Clear benefits of organic products (FiBL)
- Food Safety and Quality as Affected by Organic Farming
- Grass-based food is the natural way, says Utah nutritionist
- Growing Healthier Food -- Increasing Antioxidant Levels through Organic Farming and Food Processing
- Health Benefits of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
- HealthFocus International Trends Survey 2003
- Impacts of the Food Quality Protection Act on Children’s Exposures to Pesticides (PDF)
- Influence of organic diet on the amount of conjugated linoleic acids in breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands
- Is Organic Healthier? The Science Supporting Organic Foods (PDF)
- Italian Scientists Develop Novel Approach to Compare the Safety of Organic and Conventional Foods
- Key Differences Found Between Organic and Conventional Red Wines
- Minimizing Pesticide Dietary Exposure Through the Consumption of Organic Food
- Naturally occurring antioxidants provide health benefits (PDF) (USA)
- New Insights on the Nature of Food Quality (PDF)
- Opportunities to Reduce Children’s Exposures to Pesticides: A Truly Grand Challenge (PDF)
- Organically Grown Melons Deliver More Vitamin C and Polyphenols
- Organic and Sustainable Foods Have More Polyphenolics Linked to Health Benefits
- Organic Catsup Found to Contain More Than 50% Higher Levels of the Beneficial Antioxidant Lycopene
- Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides
- Organic
farming, food quality and human health - A review of the evidence (UK
Soil Association)
- Abstract
- Full article (PDF)
- Organic
Food is Less Likely to Contain Pathogenic Bacteria
Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (2004) - Organic food: nutritious food or food for thought? A review of the evidence
- Organic Food and Health - Status and Future Perspectives
- Organic foods: do they have a role? (DEU)
- Organic Foods Have Elevated Levels of Antioxidants
- Organic Produce May Have Higher Levels of Vitamin C and Cancer-fighting Flavonoids (USA)
- Organic milk is cream of the crop (UK) - organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk
- Petition addresses fear about
chemicals in imported food
The petition wants to give consumers the right to know where their food originates and what's in it - Positive contributions of organic production to health and the environment (PPT by Janine Gibson, COG)
- Predominantly Organic Diet Reduces the Amount of Toxic Chemicals Ingested
- Preventing E. Coli O157 Outbreaks in Leafy Greens (PDF)
- The product quality and health implications of organic products (GRC)
- Putting Meat on The Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America (PEW Commission, USA 2008)
- Putting the safety of organic food into perspective
- Qualitative and Nutritional Differences Between Organic and Conventionally Produced Processing Tomatoes
- Quality and Safety Aspects Associated with Organic Foods (PPT)
- Reducing the Risk of Spina Bifida (USA)
- Research Shows 23% of U.S. Consumers Are Consistently Buying Organic Food & Holistic Health Products (USA)
- The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People in the 21st Century (USA) (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Scientists Call for More Decisive Action in Lowering Children’s Exposures to Pesticides (PDF)
- Study Finds Organic Milk Healthier June 2008