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  Date / Time: 5/10/2009 3:59 PM UTC

  CasaVerde: an Integrative Lifestyle Design radio show...Organics
  

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  Hi Everyone & Happy Mother's Day!-
  
  I apologize that our scheduled guest wasn't available...I hope I covered OK.  Here is more info on going "organic" and WHY you'd WANT to look for organic products:
  
  Organic Living (GREAT site!!)
  http://www.living-organic.net/
  
  Pixel Organics
  http://www.pixelorganics.com
  
  
  This is from Organic.org...another GREAT resource for organic living:
  
  

  Top 10 Reasons to Support Organic in the 21st Century

  Source: Alan Greene, MD (Organic Trade Association), Bob Scowcroft (Organic Farming Research Foundation), Sylvia Tawse (Fresh Ideas Group)

  
  1. Reduce The Toxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our Bodies
  2. Reduce if Not Eliminate Off Farm Pollution
  3. Protect Future Generations
  4. Build Healthy Soil
  5. Taste Better and Truer Flavor
  6. Assist Family Farmers of all Sizes
  7. Avoid Hasty and Poor Science in Your Food
  8. Eating with a Sense of Place
  9. Promote Biodiversity
  10. Celebrate the Culture of Agriculture
  
  

  Organic Myths

  Source: Organic.org

  
  Myth: Organic food is too expensive.
  
  Fact: In general, organic food costs more than conventional food because of the laborious and time-intensive systems used by the typically smaller organic farms. You may find that the benefits of organic agriculture off-set this additional cost. At the same time, there are ways to purchase organic while sticking to your budget. Consider the following when questioning the price of organic:
  

  • Organic farmers don’t receive federal subsidies like conventional farmers do. Therefore, the price of organic food reflects the true cost of growing.
  • The price of conventional food does not reflect the cost of environmental cleanups that we pay for through our tax dollars.
  • Organic farming is more labor and management intensive.

   

  Myth: Eating organic food is the same as eating natural food.
  
  Fact: Natural foods do not contain additives or preservatives, but they may contain ingredients that have been grown with pesticides or are genetically modified. In other words, the ingredients in the ingredient panel will look familiar, but they have not been produced organically. Natural foods are not regulated and do not meet the same criteria that organic foods do.

   

  Myth: Organic food tastes like cardboard.
  
  Fact: This may have been true of processed foods at one time—take crackers or pretzels for example—but this stereotype is as outdated as the hippie connotations that follow it. Today many organic snack foods taste the same as their conventional counterparts, while most people agree that fresh, locally grown organic produce does not compare to the alternative. Even organic produce that is not in season and has been shipped thousands of miles to reach our grocer’s shelves cannot compare to the produce found in our own back yard or at farmers markets. Taste is certainly an individual matter, so give organic a try and see what you think!
  
  Try baking a couple batches of cookies or prepare a couple of bowls of fruit or vegetable salad; use organic ingredients in one and conventional ingredients in the other.

  
  ****Above is also from Organic.org!****
  
  In going towards an organic lifestye, you will improve your health, indoor air quality, help local businesses (farmer's markets/art fairs), help the environment and wildlife!
  
  Next week we speak to Jodie Thill of Flad Architects about LEED certification and why looking for and/or working with a LEED certified designer is important.
  
  Until next time...
  
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