Category Archives: Organic foods

Health effects of organic vs conventional foods

Organic food is grown without using synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides and insecticides, growth hormones, or antibiotics. It cannot be irradiated, contain genetically engineered organisms or genetically modified organisms, and cannot be grown using sewage sludge fertilizer.

Researchers at Stanford University, in California, reviewed the evidence that farming by these criteria is better than conventional methods. Continue reading Health effects of organic vs conventional foods

Are Canadian academics opposed to organic farming?

Earlier this year a report from the University of Alberta concluded that the environmental impact of food-miles racked up by organic produce when making the trip from farm to grocery store cancels out the benefits of growing it according to organic principals.

Now, there’s this from a technician at Malaspina University College in British Columbia, Canada. Continue reading Are Canadian academics opposed to organic farming?