News from The Organic Center

The Organic Center's mission is "to generate credible, peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society."

Here are some links to "hot science" reviews courtesy of The Organic Center.

Organic Milk and Meat Enhances the Nutritional Quality of Human Breast Milk
Consumption of organic milk and meat increases the levels of the dominant conjugated linoleic acid in human breast milk. This benefit is traced back to increased reliance on pasture and forages on organic beef and dairy farms.

Consumption of Fruit and Vegetable Juices May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists find that fruit and vegetable juice consumption can reduce risk of Alzheimer's Disease.

Children of Farmworkers in North Carolina Heavily Exposed to Pesticides
A significant portion of the children of Latino farmworkers in North Carolina are exposed to a half-dozen or more pesticides in any given week, and almost none are exposure free.