By Robin Elton •
February 14, 2009
Mission Organic 2010 is an online campaign seeking to grow the organic market from 3% to 10% by 2010. To achieve this stated goal, Mission Organic is asking mindful consumers to pledge to eat one organic meal out of every ten; to purchase one organic item out of every ten.
“When we, as consumers, demand the organic supply, farmers and food companies will supply the organic demand. The result? Healthier people and a healthier planet.”
Supply and demand: it really is that simple.
By Reenita Malhotra •
November 11, 2008
Sacred to the Hindus, people often ask me the reason why Tulsi or the Holy Basil is considered holy. The tonic properties of tulsi are believed to enhance longevity and help treat a host of illnesses from asthma and stress.
Volunteers with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s F.H. King Students of Sustainable Agriculture have begun the fall harvest at their 30,000-square-foot organic plot on campus. The green beans are coming in and more crops are on their way until the end of the growing season.
The F.H. King group, which has been around since 1979, does a lot more than a little gardening, though. It also offers workshops, lectures and other programs aimed at improving “knowledge and policies relating to sustainable agriculture in our community.”
By Philip C. Curtis •
January 27, 2008
Even to the average lawyer, patent law is a bit of a mystery. I confess, I am a lawyer and it is almost as foreign to me as the practice of medicine. (I image the specialty of patent law in the legal community is like neuro-surgery in medicine.) In any event, I’ve been doing a bit of research on patent law which I haven’t dealt with since I took an introductory intellectual property law course in my [...]
By Heidi Strebel •
July 24, 2007
What would a trip to France be without that symbol of national identity, that beacon of cultural pride, that epitome of paradox, the very quintessence of French – what would your visit be without wine? Be you a neophyte or a connoisseur, there are countless possibilities for drinking and tasting, relishing and savoring, a great variety of wines from the different winegrowing regions of the country. But how many of them will be organic?
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