Read complete books and articles on: Organic Food

Organic Food - food raised without chemicals and processed without additives. Under standards adopted by the U.S. Agriculture Dept. (USDA) in 2000 and fully effective in 2002, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and antibiotics may not be used in raising organic foods, and the use of irradiation, biotechnology, and sewer-sludge fertilizer is also banned. Food whose ingredients are at least 95%

8 of the Best Books and Articles on: Organic Food

as selected by Questia librarians

1.

Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California » Read Now
by Julie Guthman. 250 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

""Agrarian Dreams throws a cold shower of reality over the dream of organic agriculture in California, demonstrating all that is lost when organic farming goes industrial. This is a challenging book, and until we can answer the hard questions Julie Guthman poses, a genuinely sustainable agriculture...
Read More

""Agrarian Dreams throws a cold shower of reality over the dream of organic agriculture in California, demonstrating all that is lost when organic farming goes industrial. This is a challenging book, and until we can answer the hard questions Julie Guthman poses, a genuinely sustainable agriculture will elude us."--Michael Pollan, author of "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
""Agrarian Dreams puts organic agriculture in a broad intellectual, social, and theoretical context in a readable way. Nobody has written at this scale and scope about organics. The availability of this basic data and interpretation will open discussion to a broad range of citizens, scholars, and decision makers. This is an outstanding work."--Sally K. Fairfax, Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy, University of California, Berkeley
"Guthman takes on the sacred cow of organic agriculture: that farmers and consumers can transform our food system simply through by adopting new philosophies of eating, farming and nature. With an analysis that is at the forefront of agrarian theory today, she shows that organic farmers, no matter what their philosophy, have to work under the economic gun of markets and land prices. As a result, organic growers in California are forced to become increasingly industrialized, unjust and unhealthy. Her analysis is proof that it will take more than new kinds of thinking to create sustainability in our food system."--Melanie DuPuis, author of "Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink
Show less
2.

The Japanese Organic Farming Movement: Consumers and Farmers United, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars » Read Now
by Darrell Gene Moen. 9 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...networks of grassroots organic foods distributors...and new consumer food cooperatives, many...technical aspects of organic farming, but also...political dimensions of...
3.

Cuba's Organic Revolution, in Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy » Read Now
by Hugh Warwick. 5 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...an ideal of an organic system, Kristina Canizares from Food First, a nonprofit...production of 10 basic food items. Small farmers...de Agricultural Organic (GAO), the...
4.

Controversies in Food and Nutrition (Chap. 12 "Organic Foods") » Read Now
by Mark A. Goldstein, Myrna Chandler Goldstein. 261 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition...
Read More

You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the average customer to know what to believe. Is anything safe at McDonald's? Do carbohydrates cause obesity? This provocative new resource explores 15 common controversies in the field of food and nutrition.
Show less
5.

Food and You: A Guide to Healthy Habits for Teens ("What about Organic Foods?" begins on p. 117) » Read Now
by Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris. 253 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

What is the BMI? How much should I be eating? Do I really need to exercise? Find the answers to these questions and other food, body, and health questions in this guide to understanding the fundamentals of good nutrition and its partner for optimum health--physical activity. Healthy eating can be a...
Read More

What is the BMI? How much should I be eating? Do I really need to exercise? Find the answers to these questions and other food, body, and health questions in this guide to understanding the fundamentals of good nutrition and its partner for optimum health--physical activity. Healthy eating can be a habit--and good habits started earlier in life are easier to maintain. Good nutrition and physical activity complement each other in weight loss, cardiovascular health and other benefits. This book provides the advice you need on how to get the most out of what you eat and how to develop healthier habits that will help keep you fit for a lifetime.
Show less
6.

Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure of Urban and Suburban Preschool Children with Organic and Conventional Diets, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now
by Cynthia L. Curl, Richard A. Fenske, Kai Elgethun. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...were recorded on the food diaries as organic, the child was included...juice. However, the food diaries demonstrated...eight self-identified organic families and one...
7.

Ethical Eating: Applying the Kosher Food Regulatory Regime to Organic Food, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Benjamin N. Gutman. 34 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Kosher food regulatory regime to organic food. by Benjamin N. Gutman...such as the choice to purchase organic food. "Organic" refers to a set of philosophical...and...
8.

The Garden of Eating: Food, Sex, and the Hunger for Meaning (Discussion of organic food begins on p. 171) » Read Now
by Jeremy Iggers. 196 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...offering bulk foods and organic produce, ethnic and specialty food sections, and espresso...formerly marginal health food industry has grown...sections stocked with...