Is organic food better?
By: Ronald D. Lankford, book editor
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780737751574; 9780737751581
Subjects: Natural foods industry; Natural foods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organic food: an overview / Katherine J. Chen; title: National standards for organic food / National Organic Program; title: Consumers should support organic foods / Alan Greene; title: Consumers should not support organic foods / Rob Johnston; title: Non-organic foods are coated with pesticides / Vegetarians in Paradise; title: Organic fertilizers pose more health risks than pesticides / Stanley Feldman; title: The mass-marketing of organic food presents an ethical dilemma / Katherine Mangu-Ward; title: Large companies compromise the organic food movement / Family Farm Defenders; title: Large companies play an important role in the organic food movement / Samuel Fromartz; title: Organic food is worth the extra expense / Alex Johnson; title: Organic food is not worth the extra expense / Andrew Ellison; title: Government subsidies could lower the cost of organic food / Christy Harrison; title: The organic food market faces many challenges / Kimberley Kindy; title: "Natural" food labels are not the same as "organic" labels / Stepfanie Romine; title: Organic farming offers learning opportunities for volunteer workers / Tracie Cone; title: Organic farm workers are as mistreated as non-organic farm workers / Jason Mark.