The Organic Food Handbook: A Consumer's Guide to Buying and Eating Organic Food

More and more people are eating organic food. Once derided as a hippie fad, today organic is the fastest growing segment of the United States food industry with consumer demand increasing by nearly 20 percent a year. No longer confined to natural food stores, organic food is now on supermarket shelves, served in restaurants and fast food chains, and even sold at national parks and major league baseball stadiums. Many schools and colleges, such as Yale and stanford, now serve organic food to their students. People are choosing organic because they want a healthier and safer alternative to "conventional" food with its use of toxic pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and genetic engineering. "The Orgnaic Food Handbook" examines this important trend and provides a concise, simple guide to eating and buying organic food. "The Orgnaic Food Handbook" covers: What organic food is, and how it is produced; How conventional food poses threats to human health and environment; Why organic is a healthier, safer choice for you and your family; How organic certification ensures that organic food is produced to the highest standards; The high costs of conventional foods that are hidden in the subsidies we are supporting; Where to buy organic food at the most economical prices; Research showing how organic food benefits personal healh and the environment; Understanding how eating organic contributes to a more sustainable world. As this book shows, organic food clearly benefits our personal health as well as the health of our environment. eating organic contributes to a more sustainable world and a healthier future. Author Ken Roseboro provides the information we need to make eating healthy, organic foods a priority in our lives.