Interest in a sustainable food chain is building as we become more aware of the strong connection between what we eat, our health and the health of the planet. The organic boom that is sweeping the nation and the movement to buy local are two important steps in our quest for a greener food chai...
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There is nothing dangerous about today's crop protection inputs. Your biggest risk in any produce is the person who handled that piece of fruit last had just sneezed into their hand - or worse. Advocating for expensive organic food is not responsbible when too many Americans are already not getting 5 servings a day. LOCAL food may taste better because it hasn't been on a truck all day and will have more nutrients because it may be fresher. But, organic produce grown with manure will pathogens on it that need to be washed off with soap & water.