• Food safety
• Holistic perspectives
• Nutrition
• Organic versus Conventional Food
• Pesticide Exposure
• Other
  
  
  
  

Food Safety

• Crops absorb livestock antibiotics
• Cloning for Food
• Comparing the Safety of Organic and Conventional Foods
• Converting produce farms to organic would reduce pesticide dietary risks
• Food Safety and Quality as Affected by Organic Farming
• HACCP in agriculture and horticulture: Organic case study
• Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review
• Preventing E. Coli O157 Outbreaks in Leafy Greens (PDF, 878 kb)
• Putting the safety of organic food into perspective
• Quality and Safety Aspects Associated with Organic Foods
• Study yields mixed findings about microbes on organic produce

Holistic Perspectives

• Delivering Good Health through Good Food
• New Insights on Consumer Benefits of Organic Food and Farming
• Organic agriculture and the global food supply
• The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People in the 21st Century (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Organic versus Conventional Food

• NEW!! Survey of the fatty acid composition of retail milk differing in label claims based on production management practices
• NEW!! Differences in sheep and goats milk fatty acid profile between conventional and organic farming systems
• NEW!! Birds select conventional over organic wheat when given free choice
• Comparative Analysis of Antioxidant Properties and Fruit Quality Attributes of Organically and Conventionally Grown Melons
• Comparing the Safety of Organic and Conventional Foods
• Do Organic Fruits and Vegetables Taste Better than Conventional Fruits and Vegetables? (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• "Eat your words, all who scoff at organic food"
• Effect of thermal treatments on phytochemicals in conventionally and organically grown berries
• European Union Integrated Project "Quality Low Input Food"
  • Effects of production methods
• Key Differences Found Between Organic and Conventional Red Wines
• Organic and Conventional Food: A Literature Review of the Economics of Consumer Perceptions and Preferences
• Qualitative and Nutritional Differences Between Organic and Conventionally Produced Processing Tomatoes
• Soil Quality from Long-term Organic Management Nearly Doubles Flavonoids in Organic Tomatoes
• Ten-Year Comparison of the Influence of Organic and Conventional Crop Management Practices on the Content of Flavonoids in Tomatoes

Nutrition

• NEW!! Innovative Pubic Organic Food Procurement for Youth (iPopy)
  • The iPOPY project – a research commitment to more sustainable public food
  • Innovative Public Organic food Procurement for Youth (iPOPY).  Lessons learned from implementing organic into European school meals
  • Providing organic food for millions of Italian pupils. How do we make it?
  • Tracing Food Education for Sustainable Development in iPOPY countries. Recommendations for learning about sustainability and organic food within educational contexts
  • Organic and healthy – two goals in one go. A comparative analysis study among public primary schools in Denmark and Germany

• Choose Wisely for Heart-healthy Fats
• Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets
• Effect of cultural management on tomato fruit health qualities
• Effect of organic production and fertilizer variables on the sensory properties of pac choi and tomato
• Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food Through Organic Farming
• Feeding trials in organic food quality and health research
• Food is getting healthier and better, thanks to EU research

• Growing Healthier Food - Increasing Antioxidant Levels through Organic
• Health Benefits of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
• Increasing the concentrations of beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk produced by dairy cows in high-forage systems
• 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
• New Insights on the Nature of Food Quality
• Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields

• Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review
• Nutritional superiority of organic foods
• Organic and Sustainable Foods Have More Health Benefits
• Organic Catsup Found to Contain Higher Levels of Beneficial Antioxidant
• Organic farming, food quality and health: a review of the evidence
• Organically Grown Melons Deliver More Vitamin C and Polyphenols
• Organic Food and a Healthier Future (PDF, 2 MB)

• Organic Food and Health - Status and Future Perspectives
• Organic food: nutritious food? A review of the evidence
• Organic foods: do they have a role?
• Organic Foods Have Elevated Levels of Antioxidants
• Organic Fruits and Vegetables: Potential Health Benefits and Risks (Leopold Center)
  
• Organic Marionberry, Strawberry and Corn: Phenolic & Ascorbic Acid (Leopold Center)
• Organic milk is cream of the crop

• Organic milk is healthier - Fatty acid and fat-soluble antioxidant concentrations in milk from high-and low-input conventional and organic systems: seasonal variation
• The product quality and health implications of organic products
• Soil fertility, yield, and nutrient contents of vegetable crops after twelve years of compost or fertilizer amendments
• Study Finds Organic Milk Healthier
• Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens

Pesticide Exposure

• Anthropological Approach to Preschool Children Exposed to Pesticides
• Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children (PDF, 508 kb)
• Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
• Linkage Established Between Pesticides and Autism
• Minimizing Pesticide Dietary Exposure Through Organic Food
• Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Exposure to Pesticides
• Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California
• Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease in Agricultural Health Study
• Pesticide Exposures Increase Risk of Gestational Diabetes
• Pesticides - Report of the Canadian Standing Committee on Environment
• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia
• Predominantly Organic Diet Reduces the Toxic Chemicals Ingested
• Reducing the Risk of Spina Bifida

Other Organic Food and Health Topics

• NEW!! Analysis of regulatory framework affecting sensory properties of organic products
• NEW!! Summary report on sensory-related socio-economic and sensory science literature about organic food products
• ASA Agrees on Statements to Promote Health Benefits of Organic Food
• Delivering Simple, Science-Based Answers to Food Quality Questions
• Consumers Benefit from Organic Potato Breakthrough

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