The 2023 Dirty Dozen™ and Clean Fifteen™ lists are here! Each year EWG collects data to determine which fruits and veggies should be added to these important shopping lists. The performance of individual organic produce categories ranged widely last year, according to the “State of Organic Produce 2022,” a new report released by Organic Produce Network. The 72-page report provides an overall view of organic produce retail performance in 2022 as well as specific insights into the top 20 organic produce categories, according to a release. Lawmakers, seeing demand for organic produce, seek to make Pa. Preferred program permanent. In 2021, Pennsylvania ranked third in the nation for organic sales, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Grocery stores don’t sell everything in the produce aisle before it passes its prime, but Rockville, Maryland-based MOM’s Organic Market doesn’t let past-prime food go to the dumpster. According to the grocer’s annual sustainability report, it donated the equivalent of $1 million in food waste to D.C. area nonprofits in 2022. It included more than 60 food banks, soup kitchens, and churches. A sheep farmer in Co. Galway, who has repurposed wool to make hypo-allergenic pillows, believes that sleep is one of the most important factors to well-being. Michael Burke, from Dunblaney, Dunmore, Co. Galway runs an organic sheep, beef, and tillage enterprise as well as a pillow manufacturing business.
EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide To Avoiding Pesticides
The 2023 Dirty Dozen™ and Clean Fifteen™ lists are here! Each year EWG collects data to determine which fruits and veggies should be added to these important shopping lists.
Lawmakers, seeing demand for organic produce, seek to make Pa. Preferred program permanent
In 2021, Pennsylvania ranked third in the nation for organic sales, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
MOM’s Organic Market donates $1M in food waste
Grocery stores don’t sell everything in the produce aisle before it passes its prime, but Rockville, Maryland-based MOM’s Organic Market doesn’t let past-prime food go to the dumpster. According to the grocer’s annual sustainability report, it donated the equivalent of $1 million in food waste to D.C. area nonprofits in 2022. It included more than 60 food banks, soup kitchens, and churches.
https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/03/moms-organic-market-donates-1m-in-food-waste/
Galway organic farmer lauds the merits of sustainable wool
A sheep farmer in Co. Galway, who has repurposed wool to make hypo-allergenic pillows, believes that sleep is one of the most important factors to well-being. Michael Burke, from Dunblaney, Dunmore, Co. Galway runs an organic sheep, beef, and tillage enterprise as well as a pillow manufacturing business.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/galway-organic-farmer-lauds-the-merits-of-sustainable-wool/
OPN releases ‘State of Organic Produce 2022’ report
The performance of individual organic produce categories ranged widely last year, according to the “State of Organic Produce 2022,” a new report released by Organic Produce Network. The 72-page report provides an overall view of organic produce retail performance in 2022 as well as specific insights into the top 20 organic produce categories, according to a release.
https://www.thepacker.com/news/organic/opn-releases-state-organic-produce-2022-report
