Reasons vary widely as to why people opt to go vegetarian. Some claims health reasons, others for their stand about animal rights and there are some who just want to try it out. farmcommunities.com
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What is organic farming?
Posted by admin on December 10th, 2008
Organic farming is just farming without the use of chemical fertilizers and other practices that are not only harmful to human beings but is also damaging for the environment. farmcommunities.com
What foods should we eat organic?
Posted by admin on December 10th, 2008
Organic food is meat, vegetables, fruit and other fare that have been grown in a way that does not use pesticide, chemicals and other agricultural methods that are not natural. In other words, these foodstuffs have been grown the traditional way like composting instead of chemical fertilizers, crop rotation and other eco friendly practices. farmcommunities.com
Tofu: Nutrition and Health Concerns
Posted by admin on December 6th, 2008
Known to the human species as a vegetarian food, as early as 200 years BC, tofu is a highly popular food staple in Asia. Today, it is also cherished by a large number of Americans and can be found commonly in grocery stores throughout the country. Tofu, also called soybean curd or bean curd, is [...]
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No Comments »What is organic certified?
Posted by admin on December 6th, 2008
When the organic produce in question, passed the organic certification process set for organic farmers, it is organic-certified. We stumble upon this word everywhere since people become more conscious of what they eat, in the market, in restaurants, in shopping area as well. This is due to worldwide scare of the ill-effects of non-organic crops [...]
Posted in Food Safety, Organic Farm Communities Tags: organic, organic certified, Organic Farm Communities No Comments »Hormones, Antibiotics, and the Safety of Dairy Products
Posted by admin on November 30th, 2008
Dairy products, especially milk, are part of the daily diet for most people. Milk is the primary food for children and an important part of diet for growing individuals and adults. Given the demand of the rapidly growing population, cattle have been injected with synthetic hormones to increase milk production. In the Unites States, about [...]
Canned Food: Good or Bad?
Posted by admin on November 12th, 2008
Thinking of healthy food at once brings to mind the long-heard cry for fresh food. No questioning of the popularity of fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat when it comes to health-friendly food. What is still under debate is canned stuff. Is it safe to eat canned food? And also, is canned food as nutritious as [...]
Disease-Free Crops in Green Farming
Posted by admin on November 12th, 2008
Healthy communities, whether of humans or any other living forms, have no place for diseases. In eco-friendly communities, growing disease-free crops is the main focus of farming. It is true that microbes are part of our ecological space but those bad ones, which have evolved to flourish by destroying crops, are never welcome. Shutting them [...]
Posted in Farm Communities, Featured Articles, Food Safety, Organic Farm Communities Tags: eco green, Farm Communities, Featured, Food Safety, org No Comments »A Brief Overview of Foodborne Diseases
Posted by admin on November 12th, 2008
Foodborne diseases include all those illnesses, infectious or noninfectious, that are caused by eating unhealthy food, i.e. food carrying harmful microbes and/or other pathogenic or toxic content. So far, we know that more than 200 different diseases are caused by unhealthy foods. While most other diseases affect certain populations or groups of people with particular [...]
Environment and Food Safety
Posted by admin on November 12th, 2008
Natural environment and health are closely related, not only through air and water that may carry pathogenic microbes but also through eatables. That food is affected by changes in our environment is not something new to learn. Humans have experienced food spoilage in damp and hot surroundings since antiquity and a number of preventive techniques [...]
