Organic Food News

Secure your farm share from the Bayside Park Farm before the vegetable harvesting begins.

By Kay S. Pedrotti Lettuce, carrots, broccoli, kale, cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbages are just a few of the first organic vegetables ripening at Ed Mitchell's Honeywood Farm gardens - " but there's much more to come.

For years, traditional corporate concepts forced boards of directors and company officers, often perceived as money-driven "bad guys," to consider only profitability and shareholder returns in decision-making. While this may be true in certain cases, it is also true that these so-called bad guys can actually be held liable for allowing such ... (more)

22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states.

Organic coffee is available at many stores. Publix has extended the organic market to a new type of store called GreenWise that sells nothing but organic products.

A year after French President Francois Hollande was elected, promising growth and jobs, the economy has slipped back into recession.

Anyone who has ever taken a course in biology or left produce out on the counter for a little too long will recognize the noble fruit fly .

The Software & Information Industry Association , the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced Amtel as one of the CODiE Award winners in software categories.

Newton Orchards and ValleyView Organics owner Harvey Giblett relaxes with grandchildren Jasper and Sacha at the ValleyView orchard on Middlesex Road.

A strawberry and rhubarb sauce is a great diverse sauce; use it as a dessert sauce over gelato and cake or with yogurt and granola for breakfast.

Our Table offers a community supported agriculture, or CSA, program for buyers of the farm's organically grown vegetables and fruits.

People magazine reports Winfrey, who last year registered trademark applications for "Oprah's Organics" and "Oprah's Harvest," gives readers of her O magazine a tour of her Oprah's Farm in Kula in the June issue.

Now that Farmer's market season has begun, you will find organic crops for sale all over the place.

Unilever will soon bring its Timotei Organic Delight hair care range to the UK, which will be the country's first mass market 100% organic brand.

Senior agribusiness executives from throughout China will gather June 14-16 in Shanghai for an innovative business leaders' symposium coordinated by the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis.

The Organic Trade Association has formally established a Farmers Advisory Council to provide input from small- to medium-sized organic farmers, ranchers and growers to the trade association on matters geared to advancing organic agriculture.

Organically-grown food has been soaring in popularity, and it seems to be everywhere lately.

UK year on year sales of organic food have increased for the first time since 2009, according to new figures from Kantar Worldpanel - an increase that the Soil Association has said was partly due to the horse meat scandal.

The black rice, once considered "forbidden" and food served only for the emperors, now comes to ordinary homes in Central Mindanao.