• Food safety
• Holistic perspectives
• Nutrition
• Organic versus Conventional Food
• Pesticide Exposure
• Other
  
  
  
  

Food Safety

• NEW!! Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review
• Crops absorb livestock antibiotics
• Cloning for Food (
• Comparing the Safety of Organic and Conventional Foods
• Converting produce farms to organic would reduce pesticide dietary risks (Organic Center, USA)
• Food Safety and Quality as Affected by Organic Farming
• HACCP in agriculture and horticulture: Organic case study
• Preventing E. Coli O157 Outbreaks in Leafy Greens (PDF, 878 kb)
• Putting the safety of organic food into perspective
• Quality and Safety Aspects Associated with Organic Foods
• Study yields mixed findings about microbes on organic produce

Holistic Perspectives

• Delivering Good Health through Good Food
• New Insights on Consumer Benefits of Organic Food and Farming
• Organic agriculture and the global food supply
• The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People in the 21st Century (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Organic versus Conventional Food

• NEW!! Effect of thermal treatments on phytochemicals in conventionally and organically grown berries
• Comparative Analysis of Antioxidant Properties and Fruit Quality Attributes of Organically and Conventionally Grown Melons
• Comparing the Safety of Organic and Conventional Foods
• Do Organic Fruits and Vegetables Taste Better than Conventional Fruits and Vegetables? (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• "Eat your words, all who scoff at organic food" (London Times)
• Key Differences Found Between Organic and Conventional Red Wines
• Organic and Conventional Food: A Literature Review of the Economics of Consumer Perceptions and Preferences
• Qualitative and Nutritional Differences Between Organic and Conventionally Produced Processing Tomatoes
• Soil Quality from Long-term Organic Management Nearly Doubles Flavonoids in Organic Tomatoes
• Ten-Year Comparison of the Influence of Organic and Conventional Crop Management Practices on the Content of Flavonoids in Tomatoes

Nutrition

• NEW!! Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review
• NEW!! Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens
• Choose Wisely for Heart-healthy Fats
• Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food Through Organic Farming
• Feeding trials in organic food quality and health research
• Food is getting healthier and better, thanks to EU research
• Growing Healthier Food - Increasing Antioxidant Levels through Organic
• Health Benefits of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
• Influence of organic diet on the amount of conjugated linoleic acids in breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands
• Is Organic Healthier? The Science Supporting Organic Foods
• New Insights on the Nature of Food Quality
• Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields
• Nutritional superiority of organic foods
• Organic and Sustainable Foods Have More Health Benefits
• Organic Catsup Found to Contain Higher Levels of Beneficial Antioxidant
• Organic farming, food quality and health: a review of the evidence
• Organically Grown Melons Deliver More Vitamin C and Polyphenols
• Organic Food and a Healthier Future (PDF, 2 MB)
• Organic Food and Health - Status and Future Perspectives
• Organic food: nutritious food? A review of the evidence
• Organic foods: do they have a role?
• Organic Foods Have Elevated Levels of Antioxidants
• Organic Fruits and Vegetables: Potential Health Benefits and Risks (Leopold Center)
• Organic Produce May Have Higher Levels of Vitamin C
  
• Organic Marionberry, Strawberry and Corn: Phenolic & Ascorbic Acid (Leopold Center)
• Organic milk is cream of the crop
• Organic milk is healthier - Fatty acid and fat-soluble antioxidant concentrations in milk from high-and low-input conventional and organic systems: seasonal variation
• The product quality and health implications of organic products
• Soil fertility, yield, and nutrient contents of vegetable crops after twelve years of compost or fertilizer amendments
• Study Finds Organic Milk Healthier

Pesticide Exposure

• Anthropological Approach to Preschool Children Exposed to Pesticides
• Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children (PDF, 508 kb)
• Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
• Linkage Established Between Pesticides and Autism
• Minimizing Pesticide Dietary Exposure Through Organic Food
• Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Exposure to Pesticides
• Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California
• Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease in Agricultural Health Study
• Pesticide Exposures Increase Risk of Gestational Diabetes
• Pesticides - Report of the Canadian Standing Committee on Environment
• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia
• Predominantly Organic Diet Reduces the Toxic Chemicals Ingested
• Reducing the Risk of Spina Bifida

Other Organic Food and Health Topics

• ASA Agrees on Statements to Promote Health Benefits of Organic Food
• Delivering Simple, Science-Based Answers to Food Quality Questions
• Consumers Benefit from Organic Potato Breakthrough

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