“Organic produce is essentially what we have been doing for thousands of years,” said Devin Moore, the education outreach coordinator at Oryana Community Co-Op. “Without any pesticides, without any ...

Organic food — defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as food produced using sustainable agriculture and production practices — has been available in mainstream supermarkets for years.

Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail ...

Figuring out whether organic food should dominate your kitchen or if you can safely stick to conventionally grown items can be easier said than done. On the one hand, choosing organic food intuitively ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Will an organic apple a day keep the doctor away more than a conventional apple? "I just think it's really important to watch what you put into your body and eat healthy," said ...

Bhutani, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University, and lives in Del Cerro. On my weekly runs to my local grocery store, I am ...

A newly published study comparing organic and conventional strawberries grown in California found that the organic berries were more nutritious, had a longer shelf life, and left the soil in healthier ...

Scared? Fears of food are spreading like wind-borne seeds. On September 19th Eric-Gilles Seralini of the University of Caen reported that rats fed genetically modified (GM) corn devised to survive ...