There may be some benefits of organic over inorganic food, but organic isn't necessarily healthier. It's important to know ...

Eating organic has long been touted as the way to avoid pesticide consumption — but one Harvard professor is saying those claims are bogus. Robert Paarlberg, an associate professor in the Harvard ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Many organic supporters are willing to pay exorbitant costs for organic foods. They claim that organic food is worth sometimes double the regular price because it is, among other ...

This article is the thirteenth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, by Samuel Aldrich, adapted and serialized ...

Organic foods are grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or GM seeds. Nutritional differences between organic and non-organic foods are generally small. Organic produce contains fewer ...

Michael Pollan has been investigating how US farmers grow plants and raise livestock for 17 years. As a result of what he's seen, he has changed his diet in a few key ways. When he shops for wheat, ...

If you’re an American reading this, the odds say you suffer from chronic disease — 60 percent of U.S. adults have at least one chronic disease, and 40 percent have two or more. Heart disease, cancer ...

Update: This Daily News is updated to address the organic status of the company cited in the piece, Merchant’s Garden. The article now indicates that the company is certified as organic under a ...

Charles Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Center, and his colleagues have published a 53-page report misleadingly titled “New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional ...