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Organic Food and Health
- NEW!! Organic Marionberry, Strawberry and Corn: Phenolic & Ascorbic Acid (Leopold Center, USA)
- NEW!! Organic Fruits and Vegetables: Potential Health Benefits and Risks (Leopold Center, USA)
- ASA Agrees on Statements to Promote Health Benefits of Organic Food
- Challenges Inherent in Delivering Simple, Yet Science-Based Answers to Complex Food Quality Questions
- Cloning for
Food (USA) (PDF, 478 kb)
- Implications for consumers and organic farmers
- Consumers Benefit from Organic Potato Breakthrough
- Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Longitudinal Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children (PDF, 508 kb)
- Do Organic Fruits and Vegetables Taste Better than Conventional Fruits and Vegetables? (PDF) (USA)
- Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
- Organic Center (USA) report concludes converting the USA's eight
million acres of produce farms to organic would reduce pesticide dietary
risks by about 97 percent.
- Short description press release March 2008 (PDF, 119 kb)
- Full paper (PDF, 14 MB) for high-speed only
- "Eat your words, all who scoff at organic food" (London Times)
- Food is getting healthier and better, thanks to EU research
- Food Safety and Quality as Affected by Organic Farming
- 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 (USA)
- Key Differences Found Between Organic and Conventional Red Wines
- HACCP in agriculture and horticulture: Organic case study
- New Studies Back Benefits of Organic Diet
- Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields (PDF)
- Organic agriculture and the global food supply
- Organically Grown Melons Deliver More Vitamin C and Polyphenols
- Organic and Conventional Food: A Literature Review of the Economics of Consumer Perceptions and Preferences
- Organic Foods Have Elevated Levels of Antioxidants
- Organic Food and Health - Status and Future Perspectives
- Organic milk is cream of the crop (UK) - organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk
- Preventing E. Coli O157 Outbreaks in Leafy Greens (PDF)
- Qualitative and Nutritional Differences Between Organic and Conventionally Produced Processing Tomatoes
- Quality and Safety Aspects Associated with Organic Foods (PPT)
- The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People in the 21st Century (USA) (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Soil fertility, yield, and nutrient contents of vegetable crops after twelve years of compost or fertilizer amendments
- Soil Quality from Long-term Organic Management Nearly Doubles Flavonoids in Organic Tomatoes
- Study Finds Organic Milk Healthier June 2008
