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Mrose
What are the classifications that define organic food?
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FUJI200
Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. If non-organic ingredients are present, at least a certain percentage of the food's total plant and animal ingredients must be organic (95% in the United States and Australia) and any non-organically produced ingredients are subject to various agricultural requirements.
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Asu2010
Foods claiming to be organic must be free of artificial food additives, and are often processed with fewer artificial methods, materials and conditions (no chemical ripening, no food irradiation, and no genetically modified ingredients, etc.).
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mthompson
They may also be required to be produced using energy-saving technologies and packaged using recyclable or biodegradable materials when possible.
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sktrgrrl
What are the benefits of eating organic food?
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sharpey
Higher nutrient levels. Lower presticide residues.
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cannonball14
Artificial colorings and preservatives in food and drink are thought to contribute to hyperactivity in pre-school children. Many additives?uch as preservatives, artificial sweeteners, colorings and flavorings, MSG, hydrogenated fat, and phosphoric acid?re prohibited in organic food production.
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ehancock
Decreasing one's toxin burden and increasing one's intake of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can have a significant impact on health, especially when trying to improve or restore health.
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Judy42701
I hope you will take a little time to read and think about this wonderful young women who is an angel walking amoung us. My daughter is the kind of person that would try to pull victums from a burning car. If someone is out of food she will half up what she has to help a family have something to eat. There is not anything she would't do for others however when it comes to her own health she has no money and no one to help her. My daughter has a beautiful smile but her upper teeth are in bad shape you can't see them.They have became incresingly bad she has a hard time trying to eat. she want's to go to her High School Reuion in June 2009. She told me she would not go to her High School Reuion with her front teeth in the shape they are in. She has Insurance to cover everything except the money it would cost to put her an upper denture in and the cost of the dentist labor to fix her upper teeth. As her mother it hurts when I know she is embarassed to open her mouth because of the shape her teeth are in. I am her mom I live on disability I can't afford to help her. My daughter has had a lot of troubles in her life. I would like to see for one time in her life to be able to get her teeth fixed and go to her High School Reuion in June of 2009.A make over would be the iceing on the cake. This is a call to any dentist with a big heart to help someone who could use a hand up not a hand out. It will be interesting to see if there is anyone who really cares about someone else in need.Please e-mail me if you can help her. Sincerely, Judy42701@aol.com
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youthgrace
Looking for empty baby food jars to use for crafts.
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www.janeva33
What foods are popular in Jamaica?
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auggiearts
How are organic foods better for the environment?
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BenWolf
Organic farms do not consume or release synthetic pesticides into the environment ?some of which have the potential to harm soil, water and local terrestrial and aquatic wildlife.
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IIjoeyII
Organic farms are better than conventional farms at sustaining diverse ecosystems, i.e., populations of plants and insects, as well as animals.
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Mbeason
When calculated either per unit area or per unit of yield, organic farms use less energy and produce less waste, e.g., waste such as packaging materials for chemicals.
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humanella
the juice from a rigid sugar cane is best when it is stiffened by the humid weather in alabama. alabama loves organic juice, as we all do. what could be more natural?
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