Friday, January 24, 2014

Organic Food Shortage: Cucumbers, Strawberries, Eggs

New York News
Grocery stores in the US are reporting shortages of organic foods, in some cases extreme. There is a nationwide supply shortage in major grocery chains for organic and cage-free eggs. Organic cucumbers and berries, among other produce, are also in limited supply. Strawberries are in such low supply that one New York grocery store had to push the price up to near double digits.

Organic foods have become more and more popular over the years, which could explain some of the limited supplies. This, along with less than ideal weather for growing crops like berries.

Good advice is to eat in season for better selection and less expensive food. And if you don't want to pay exorbitant prices for a berry, take a walk down the frozen aisle.


Thursday, January 16, 2014

If the US won't ban Pacific fish, then chef's will do it on their own!

Chef Robert Perez says Fukushima disaster tainted California seafood (Video).



Henry Ridgwell at Voice of America and Anastasia Poland of MSN have compiled decent research on the subject.

For the sake of opposing views, Michael Conathan of National Geographic has lead with the headline "Fukushima Fallout Not Affecting US - Caught Fish"

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Nearly half the organic fresh fruits and vegetables tested across Canada in the past two years contained pesticide

According to a CBC News analysis of data supplied by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
 Excellent reporting and full story at CBC.CA

Monday, January 6, 2014

Very Cool! Leah Brooks' Vertical and "DriveWay" Organic Gardening!




Here YouTube channel is here and it's such a pleasure to see someone not only produce so much organic food, but record it as an inspiration to others.

Thanks! Way to go Leah!