Consumer Resources

A look into our library at organic related research and information.

Advocacy

• Organic Food Production Talking Points | HEN

Children and Pesticides and Human Health

• President's Cancer Report | President's Cancer Panel
• Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children | National Academy Press
• National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals| Center For Disease Control
• Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children's Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides | Environ Health Perspect. 2006 February; 114(2): 260-263
• Pesticide Appliers, Biocides, and Birth Defects in Rural Minnesota | U of MN.

Climate Change and Organic

• Farming Systems Trial Report | Rodale

Fast Facts from Rodale's 30 year Organic/Conventional Trials.

• Organic yields match conventional yields.
• Organic outperforms conventional in years of drought.
• Organic farming systems build rather than deplete soil organic matter, making it a more sustainable system.
• Organic farming uses 45% less energy and is more efficient.
• Conventional systems produce 40% more greenhouse gases.
• Organic farming systems are more profitable than conventional.

Find Local-Organic Food and Farms Near You

• National Co-op Directory |Purchase Hard Copy | On-line Listing
• Local Harvest

International Food Security

• International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security | United Nations
• Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa | United Nations - Trade and Development

Organic History

• The Organic Movement Past and Present | Roger Blobaum

Organic Yields

• The Farming System Trial | Rodale Institute

Recipes

• Farm Recipes | Atina Diffley