Shoppers to 'abandon organic food to cut bills'

Shoppers who have previously been willing to pay up to 50 per cent more for organic meat, or fair trade coffee, could soon ignore ethical concerns in favour of keeping their shopping bills down.

Canada’s retailers may need organic certification

A lot of details still need to be sorted out before the new Canada Organic Regime goes into effect.

One key item — whether or not retailers will have to become certified organic in order to carry bulk organics and do in-house fresh-cut organic produce — is still uncertain.

Organic foods, sustainable fashion going from niche to mainstream

Organic food, once the sole domain of farmers' markets and small health-food stores, is going increasingly mainstream as the aisles of large, chain supermarkets fill with organic produce, groceries and convenience foods.

Organic shoppers have also changed, growing beyond a loyal core of earth mothers to a wider base of soccer moms.

Organic winemaking a worldwide rarity

You don’t have to be an organic evangelist to buy some organic products in your weekly shop, and or to have a weathered eye out for new organic products.

For instance, restaurants for the first time are starting to offer some organic selections in their wine lists.

Scientists Find Pesticides Change DNA, Increase Cancer In India

Pesticides were once touted as a tool of the agricultural green revolution designed to help increase crop yields but now are being blamed for causing cancer, reducing the nutritional value of some food crops and failing to boost crop yields.

Safer, healthier notions boost growth of organics

Organic businesses are seeing an upswing in demand for their products, partly because consumers see organics as safer and healthier options compared with conventional produce, according to a recent survey.

Organic producers need to understand customers, not cut costs

Organic farmers should work on developing consumer loyalty rather than concentrating on cutting costs, a survey into shoppers' perceptions of organic fruit and vegetables has found.

Few organic fruit and vegetable producers understood people's reasons for buying organic produce and thought price was the biggest barrier to them buying it.