With the opening of Whole Foods grocery store down on Sand Lake and Turkey Lake Rd, and Publix having just bought about 50 Albertson’s grocery stores, and the rumor that the Albertsons on Dr Phillips is going to be a “Green Wise”, the healthy food industry is becoming more and more important to the consumer. So I thought I would give you an overview of the entire industry. When we speak of ‘organic’ we are talking about standards for growing, storage, processing, packaging and shipping. It generally involves 1. Avoidance of synthetic chemicals in the production of food 2. Growing food on Farmlands that have been free of chemical for at least three years 3. In farms where both organic and non-organic are grown there must be strict separation. 4. Strict on site inspections and meticulous record keeping. In the U.S there are three levels of “organicity”. If all of the ingredients are 100% organically grown then you can use the label “100% organic” If the ingredients are 95% organically grown then you can use the label “organic” If 70% of the products of an item are grown organically then you can use the label “made with organic ingredients”Do […]

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