Enjoy All-Organic Meals--All the Time!

Wise Shopping and Meal Planning

Make Organic Food Affordable

 

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) says that although 80 percent of parents buy organic food sometime and that organic food sales continue to increase by double digits annually, folks still find organic food too expensive.  An associated organization, the Organic Center offers credible, peer-reviewed scientific studies that support organic food and farming for human, animal, and environmental health.

 

Tips to Make Organic Food More affordable 

 

To make organic food more affordable, the OTA offers tips, showing how a U.S. family of four can eat organic for $25 a day, or less:

 

• Buy in bulk
• Buy in season, then store for off season
• Plan for the month, not just the week
• Explore private label ingredients
• Explore local blogs and community news
• Join buyers' clubs and loyalty programs
• Comparison shop
• Check out cookbooks and new publications

 

Who's Behind This Positive Organic Food Advice?

 

The Organic Trade Association is a membership-based business association for organic agriculture and products in North America, representing over 6,500 organic businesses in 49 states.  Its members include growers, shippers, processors, certifiers, farmers' associations, distributors, importers, consultants, farmers, retailers, and the public.

 

 

Thank You, OTA,  for Championing Organic Food

 

 

Before a Doubting World!

 

 

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More Parents Than Ever Care About GMOs in Food

One-third of U.S. Households Want to Avoid GMOs in Food!

 

 

According to an Organic Trade Association (OTA) announcement (March 19, 2013), more U.S. families than ever turn to foods labeled "organic," to avoid unlabeled genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods legally allowed in the marketplace (See http://www.ota.com).

 

A 2013 survey shows that 32 percent of parents who have learned from news reports about GMOs are more likely to increase purchases of foods labeled organic. 

 

Whatever you or I may think about the laxness of standards to qualify for the USDA Organic label, "The USDA Organic label is basically the gold standard for consumers to be sure that the foods they are buying are produced without genetically engineered ingredients," according to OTA's CEO and Executive Director Christine Bushway. 

 

 

Similar U.S. Problems:  Gun Safety and GMO Labeling!

 

Overwhelming numbers of people in the U.S., according to many polls, seek safety from gun violence and from the latent dangers of GMOs.  Polls tell us that over 90% of citizens want purchasers of guns to have their backgrounds checked.  According to the Just Label It campaign (http://justlabelit.org), more than 1.2 million Americans--93%--want  the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to label genetically engineered foods.

 

Clearly, so far,  powerful, moneyed special interests triumph over the health and safety of citizens!