| | Dear David,
This may be the most important newsletter I've sent you. Please read about the Stanford smear on organic food and help others understand the situation. The study's poor quality, obvious misrepresentations, and biased media presentation all points to an anti-organic agenda. And lo, when I started digging, I found connections to Cargill, Monsanto, McDonalds, and more. Don't let Big Ag and Big Food tell you that organic doesn't matter.
To get the taste of profit-at-any-cost out of your mouth, try my easy, scrumptious recipe for Fat-Free Fig Sauce.
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| | Last week, I wrote about a new meta-study from Stanford asks Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives? No doubt, this study will have many people, even parents, breathing a sigh of relief. Finally, justification to save a few cents by buying conventionally raised food so they can use the savings for... what? What is more important that feeding your family food that has about one-third less risk of having pesticides or fierce bacteria on it? Even if you think these risks are fine for your own family, wouldn't you be willing to waste a little less food so you could afford the type that doesn't give farmers cancer and their children horrific birth defects? I was alarmed by the press reports of the study, which nearly all made it sound like organic wasn't worth the price. When I went to a university library so I could read the whole paper ($19 is a lot to pay the Annals of Internal Medicine for 24-hour access to a paper!), I was surprised to find how mild it was compared to the Stanford University press release. The meta-study says: - There have been no long-term studies of health outcomes of populations consuming predominantly organic versus conventionally produced food controlling for socioeconomic factors
- Our results should be interpreted with caution
- Our comprehensive review ... found limited evidence for the superiority or organic foods
In fact, the peer-reviewed study is full of good news about the health and value of organic food, even while it admits repeatedly that more studies are needed. In other words, there's evidence for choosing organic food even if you only care about safety and nutrition, but the authors don't think it's overwhelming evidence. But the Stanford press release might lead you to a different conclusion ...
Read more and vote in my Huffington Post blog post and slide show It includes a relationship map that links Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute with Cargill and others who benefit from the success of industrial agriculture. It also has pictures of beautiful Coon Rock Farm, handsome farmer Richard Holcomb, and a very cute girl with an adorable puppy she really, really wanted to take home!
New recipe: No-Fat Fig Spread. Try this spread if you like complex, sweet-hot flavor combinations. It's a more sophisticated version of the creamy raspberry dressings that used to appear on every spinach salad, but without the fat, added sugar, or preservatives.  Lunchbox Magic events: workshop with lunch in Burlington NC on Tuesday, September 18th from 10 to 1 with the Abundance Foundation ($25) and class with demo and tasting at Whole Foods Raleigh on Saturday, October 13 from 10:30 to noon ($15). |
| | Thanks for learning about the importance of going organic, for yourself, everyone you feed, the farmers, and the planet! |
Have a delicious day!
Linda Watson
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