With the population on Earth increasing rapidly, there’s always a supply-demand mismatch with respect to all resources, especially food. Companies like Monsanto have made attempts to balance these deficiencies with herbicides and bovine growth hormones. Well versed with the damaging effects of these steroids and chemicals, people are now turning to organic foods which are grown without their use.

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This Halloween could be a great time to start on the healthy eco-path. We have heard much about fructose corn syrup, a must ingredient in daily products like ketchup, jams, breads and even candies. The unnatural sweetner is costing a the earth and our health. Not only does it damages land through the agribusiness of corn but also harms the human body.

So, a little but huge step to leggo of the high furctose corn syrup in your candy is to opt for Yummy Earth organic candies this festive season. Made from all-natural ingredients, this sweet nothings are safe for people with many common allergies.

The finest of ingredients are selected from Japanese purple carrots for the bright colour and real fruit extracts give that out of the world flavor. The folks at Yummy Earth even use a special kind of citric acid test for tartness that is made only from sugar beets instead of genetically modified corn.
Go grab your bag this Halloween!

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Is the red organic shirt in your wardrobe as harmless as it seems? Think twice. Apparently, despite the availability of a large variety of garments made from organic cotton and hemp, you might still not be getting a fair green deal. The basic business instincts in man should be blame here as more and more manufacturers are at a cost cutting spree.

Reports reveal that cloth companies are outsourcing their fabrics to inexpensive dye houses in Asia that use substandard or banned dyes. The workers at these dye centres are not only paid a measly allowance but they are also unaware of the carcinogenic nature of the chemicals used.
So, what should one do? Well, buy clothes only from known brands. And since they say that natural is the best; do not buy dark or bright colours. Stick to white or anything light and you shall safely be green. Look out for the eco-labelling on garments.
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What’s organic wine? A question that must have crossed our minds each time the eco-friendly folks uttered the name but we were a li’l embarrassed to ask. Well, here is the dope you wanted. As we all know, grapes are the most pesticide-laden produce, that is exactly why people are preferring to sip on that organic wine than the regular ones. Let me tell you about the various kinds:
1. 100% organic : This mark means that the wine is made from 100% organically grown ingredients with a consistent monitoring.
2. Organic: The wine is 95% organic.
3. Made with organic ingredients: With this mark, the wine is supposed to carry 70% of organic ingredients with perhaps some artificial sulphites.
4. Biodynamic: A concept based on precise observation and the balance of nature, this wine is not only 100% organic but the cultivator has gone a step forward to bring the farming process nature friendly like building his own compost and stuff like that!

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Nowadays fashion statement is also getting eco friendly touch all over the places. Day by day designers are putting forward hip and trendy style accomplices which are embraced with naturally green pieces as well. Displayed here is an assortment of myriad eco-chic head bands. This recent green fashion line launched by designer Rebecca Michaels has become tremendously popular among all the rage generation in recent times.
The organic stripe of hair accessories labeled Violet Love is clinched with distinctively green features as of the stuff they are ready from.

Since the entire gamut of these eco-accessories is finished through organic and natural matter like bamboo, lyrca and poly spandex, it proffers an ultra soothe and stability factor.
Crafted with soft fabrics and cuddled with colorful designs the whole range of this VL headband undeniably exhibits the designer’s immense love for nature.

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An utterly green assortment of organic beauty products like eye cream, face wash, moisturizer, deep facial masque, lip cure or delicate cleansing antiseptic pads etc. has been newly launched in the skincare marketplace by Vegan Skin Care.

The facet which keep this product line aloof from other beauty products is its eco-friendliness as these fine beauty products have been nattily primed out of food items such as cardamom, kaolin etc. without employing any perilous chemicals. This novel beauty care lineup emerges to be decently cited as “Be Fine” since it organically bestows us with a healthy and fine looking skin.

Furthermore, apart from its green and organic worth an added striking feature appears in its fiscal worth as well since every single product in this streak falls in the price range of merely $30. These naturally finished oil free products would be by far accessible at most of the renowned medical stores like CVS and Rite-Aid.

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I know how frustrating it is to pick the right beauty product for you. Is it chemical? Will it suit my skin? What if it doesn’t? These are just one-tenth of the questions that hound you when on that search trip to the supermarket. Not anymore because futurenatural is here. An online hub founded by famous makeup artist Emma Pezzak , it is an ode to nature and its beauties. And that does not mean at the cost of quality and style.
Yeah, you get to see the best natural, organic, biodynamic, wild-harvested and artistic beauty products on the futurenatural website. Not only this, the ingredients of each are meticulously listed so that you know exactly what you are getting into. Plus the personal stories are a delight.
For those who didn’t know, futurenatural only sells products free of petroleum derivatives, parabens, synthetic colours, fragrances, formaldehyde or any other harmful ingredients. Of course, none are tested on animals. So, go green, go beautiful!
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It’s been quite an old prank asking your bartender for a ‘green drink’. But not anymore. Prairie Vodka is here to fill in those eco-friendly glasses. Quite a breakthrough, the liquor is the result of a co-op of over 900 farmers. And it’s been quite a task. But like they say, anything for keeping Mother Nature an integral part of our lives.
For this, a very original non-genetically modified, certified-organic corn is cultivated without the use of any artificial fertilizers, weed controllers or pesticides of any kind. After the mammoth task is done over with, Prairie is then distilled keeping in sync with the Oregon Tilth guidelines at a fifth-generation, family owned Minnesota business industry.
The painstaking process is fruitful indeed as Prairie Organic Voda is deliciously smooth, extremely affordable and above all, it’s totally organic. Go ahead, take a shot!
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Poop power fuels the idli joint run by Sivagami at the Puducherry bus stand in India. And she is doing her bit for nature, though the gesture is propelled by the need to save money. Yes, apart from using the regular LPG cylinders, the woman also resorts to the gas supplied by a biogas plant outside her kiosk. This plant produces gas from human and food waste 24 hours a day, making her meet the rush of hungry workers every day. Around 8,000 people use the toilets at the bus stand every day and almost 30 toilets supply to the biogas plant.
Sivagami says that LPG cylinders are very costly and biogas helped her save three to four LP cylinders every month; which means a neat profit in her monthly earnings. Biogas is not anything new to the villages across India but now even in small towns people are trying to tap this organic renewable energy. But there is a glitch. There are many who are not comfortable eating food prepared on a biogas fuel. Keeping that in mind, biogas will perhaps never replace LPG in the Indian households but yes the hotels can learn something useful from Sivagami’s dhaba.
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Majestic news for all foodies out there in Los Angeles as the city’s leading, organic fast food court: O’burger has been recently opened up. At O’burger we will hit upon utterly organic things starting from food preparation to the food packaging and lastly going to the interiors of the restaurant as well.

Accordingly, apart from being luscious, the food items dished up here would be macrobiotic and unadulterated in true sense. This lately set up fast food square would bestow us with extremely sanitized and vegan-friendly cuisines which would be significantly enriched with Omega-3’s, Vitamins A & E and antioxidants. Also in place of usual cold drinks O’burger offer exclusively green and vigorous soda drinks and kombucha teas.

Furthermore recyclable and eco-friendly stuff like corn and sugarcane would be utilized for safe and non-hazardous packing of food products. In addition non deadly NO VOC and lead free paints would be employed for inner domesticated wooden walls which would hold up in maintaining untainted and clean surroundings to a great extent.

If at O’burger anyone senses an organic burger figuring $7.99 to be a lavish feast then he or she may probably stumble on other snack’s categories like hot dogs, fries, salad, grilled-cheese, cookies and variety of vegetarian shakes as the entire fast food items listed on the menu is cuddled with green and organic value.

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