Organic Food

PLEASANTON, Calif., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway Inc. announces their partnership today with the Go Green Initiative to launch the first annual Go Green Glogster Earth Day contest. Students will be asked to investigate the sustainability of the food, water, or energy system in their community, and express their findings through videos, podcasts, blogs, music and photos compiled in a "Glog" (see www.edu.glogster.com). For the food system, students will examine the availability of locally grown and organic food in their neighborhood; food safety procedures at their local grocer; and the impact that higher fuel prices will have on the price of food where they live. Safeway is providing an organic garden to a winning school; a full-service, all natural BBQ for a winning class; and five (5) one-hundred dollar cash prizes to winning students. "Safeway has worked... (more)

Organic foods industry creates more than a half million jobs

Thousands more jobs created than in conventional food WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Producing U.S. foods organically creates thousands more jobs than if that food were produced using conventional agricultural methods, according to a new economic study released today here at the Organic Trade Association's (OTA's) Policy Conference. The report, "2010 Impacts of the U.S. Organic Foods Industry on the U.S. Economy," which shows the organic food industry generated more than five hundred thousand American jobs in 2010, builds on data released by OTA earlier... (more)

Analyst Research on Dean Foods Co. and The Hain Celestial Group Inc. - Organic Food Distribution Growing

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/16/12 -- www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the Organic Food industry and has completed analytical research on Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) and The Hain Celestial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN). Register with us today at www.stockcall.com/ to have free access to these researches. There is a growing health consciousness in North America and it is gaining momentum fast. This is positive news for food companies with interests in organic food distribution, such as The Hain Celestial Group Inc. and Dean Foods Co. An ... (more)

Organic Industry To Honor Congressman Farr with Public Servant Award

Presentation takes place during OTA's Policy Conference & Hill Visit Days WASHINGTON, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA), a member of Congress since 1993 and a major supporter of the organic sector for more than three decades, will be awarded the Organic Trade Association's (OTA's) Public Servant Award during OTA's Policy Conference & Hill Visit Days here in D.C. later this month. (Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120412/DC86460) Congressman Farr currently co-chairs the House Organic Caucus, and is Ranking Member of the House Appr... (more)

Organic Farming Can Tackle Climate Change

The UK’s Soil Association has announced that if all British farmland was converted to organic farming, at least 3.2 million tonnes of carbon would be absorbed by the soil each year – the equivalent of pulling almost 1 million cars off the roads. Research undertaken by the association (available for download here), further suggests that a worldwide switch to organic farming could offset 11% of all global greenhouse gases. Among the other findings: widespread adoption of organic farming methods in the UK would offset 23% of the country’s agricultural emissions through soil carbon... (more)