Special Coverage: Organic Integrity
Why Promoting Organic Integrity Must Become a Top Priority for USDA
Hygeia Analytics has featured news and blogs on organic integrity the last two weeks, beginning with our August 27th coverage of the cover story “Produce Without Pesticides” in the October 2020 issue of Consumer Reports. On that same day Hygeia was proud to share an excellent guest blog by Larry Jacobs, founder and President of […]
Guest Blog: Finding the Root Cause of Organic Fraud
By: Brian Baker Brian is a scientist specializing in organic practices, standards, and regulations. He has analyzed the impacts of organic food and farming on the environment and human well-being for several decades. Demand for organic food in the US continues to grow, but the domestic supply has been unable to keep pace. Sales […]
So What About the Integrity of the U.S. Organic Grain Supply?
On March 6, 2017, Hygeia posted a guest blog by Lynn Clarkson, then President of Clarkson Grain, one of the largest suppliers of U.S. grown organic and non-GMO grain and soybeans in the domestic and global market. His blog was based on a letter Lynn had sent to several newly minted Trump Administration officials, in […]
Guest Blog: Organic Food & Pesticide Residues, One Grower’s Perspective
Note from Hygeia — We invited Larry Jacobs (far right in photo), founder and president of Del Cabo and Jacobs Farm, to share his experiences in producing organic herbs and vegetables free of non-compliant pesticide residues. His history with illegal pesticides on organic foods spans decades. He has lost crops and markets in his company’s […]
Reducing Pesticide Dietary Risk — The Organic Opportunity
Consumers Appear to Get the Message that Organic Milk is Higher in Healthy Fats
Recent market reports suggest that American consumers are beginning to understand that organic milk is healthier for them and the environment. But first, a little background… In 2013 we worked on a paper that reported significantly higher concentrations of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids in organic vs. conventional milk. A follow up study in 2018 revealed […]
Organic Farming May Reduce Food Safety Risk From E. coli, New Study Shows
A team of researchers from Washington and California have just published a paper revealing some interesting unintended consequences of conventional framing practices, with possibly important implications for food safety. Escherichia coli is a human-pathogenic bacteria that is commonly found in livestock and wildlife manure. It can end up on produce when manure is used for […]
California Legislator Proposes Nation’s First Statewide Program to get Organic Foods in Schools
A democratic state legislator from California’s wine country is trying to make history, proposing that the state become the first in the nation to make a large-scale switch to organic foods in school cafeterias. The bill, introduced late last month by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, would launch a new agency within the California Department of Food and […]
New Science: Organic Diet Reduces Diabetes Risk
The science is piling up about the benefits of organic food. We already know that organic produce, meat, and dairy is often nutritionally superior to conventional options. But now, evidence is mounting of substantial consumer health benefits among those who consistently look for, and purchase organic brands. Research like the large French study (see all our […]