Organic supplements – are they really the next big thing? Take a look at the shelves in the medicine section of your local department store. This will provide a practical answer to this question. You’ll find all kinds of health supplements ranging from synthetic, natural and organic—for supporting general health protection to specific health issues such as cardiovascular health, weight loss or anti-aging. Support from scientific research, a (more…)
Sir John’s comments led to a letter in The Guardian newspaper from the Policy Director of the Soil Association, Peter Melchett who wrote, ‘Sir John’s anti-organic prejudice is matched by his love of GMOs…”. So, in 2006, has the organic information overload left us with facts or fiction? We take a look at the top 5 myths.
1. No nutritional difference between organic and conventional produce.
According to the Department of Nutrition (more…)
Why is organic farming bad, if it is? We have been told that organic farming is good for our health. Proponents have trumpeted the message that organic farming is good for the environment. How could it possibly be bad?
It seems that, increasingly, life is being divided into traditional and alternative. Each side claims their methods to be better than the other’s. Each tries to win people to their side. Traditional schooling fights al (more…)
Organic gardening today involves more than making a cultural impact. In fact, it is now considered an intelligent way of living in harmony with the natural environment. While fertilizers and chemical pesticides are extremely toxic and can prove fatal to useful plants and bugs, tending to your garden organically, using organic plant food, organic gardening supplies and natural lawn maintenance all prove very beneficial to the fragile ecosystem tha (more…)