Some reports state that, because of the credit crunch, organic vegetable and fruit sales are down around 20%.

This may be a false economy.

Organic food consistently has lower levels of pesticide residues than does non-organic. The amounts of these residues may be relatively small, but their effects can certainly be damaging when they build up.

Be on the safe side; but keep buying as much organic  food as possible.

Organic Health Food – Sales Down is a post from: Alternative HealthZine

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Organic health food has some bad news recently when Wholefood Market in Kensington, London posting a huge loss. Now we have a good-news story about organic food – this time from the a shop serving the opposite end of the income spectrum.

Low-price supermarket Asda – owned by USA’s Walmart – reports that organic veg and fruit sales are up 8% on last year.

A spokesman at Asda said: “We don’t believe that in tough economic times people abandon their beliefs and principles.” (Aah – sweet!)

Anyway, organic sales are up – so that’s good.

Free Range Egg Sales Up Too

Asda are also seeing free range egg sales grow at the expense of ordinary eggs. That’s good too, as the level of beneficial  omega 3 fat in free range eggs is higher.

Good News for Organic Veg & Fruit is a post from: Alternative HealthZine

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