Organic Food: Local, Fair Trade and Sustainable
Organic food has become increasingly popular in recent years, along with other food trends such as local and sustainable agriculture. These new themes in food production and consumption are often referred to as part of the socially responsible food movement. Our Organic Food Web Guide helps you learn more about socially responsible food, and shows you how and where to shop for local and sustainable organic food products. Also get resources for growing your own organic food, and find information on locating restaurants and foodies that specialize in socially responsible eating.
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The sites below define the organic food movement and other socially responsible food trends, offering an overview of why they are beneficial to your health and to Mother Earth.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Below are definitions of some of the most commonly used terms of the organic and socially responsible food movements.
- Certified Organic: Food products legally certified in the United States as adhering to organic standards set down by law.
- Beyond Organic: A movement that seeks to go beyond what it considers the United States' inadequate organic standards.
- Sustainable: Farming that is concerned with the overall wellbeing of the ecosystem and its ability to sustain itself.
- Biodynamic: A specific method and philosophy of sustainable farming.
- Local: A movement to create and use local food systems and networks to avoid excessive shipping and reestablish local food cultures.
- Fair-Trade: A movement and certification process that focuses on the rights, health and working conditions of the workers who produce these products.
- Pasture-Raised: Animals that were raised in pastures, rather than in factory farms.
- Grass-Fed: Animals that were raised eating grass in pastures rather than other feed like corn and animal products.
- As you explore this guide, keep handy this "Glossary of Organic and Natural Terminology."
- For a summary of the many benefits of eating sustainable food, read this article presented by the Weston A. Price Foundation, entitled "Finding Health Close to Home--A Call for Localism."
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