Organic
Organic Food is
natural healthful food grown or raised
without
synthetic fertilizers or
pesticides,
hormones or
antibiotics, and
uses fertilizer that is
derived from animal or
vegetable matter.
A process that is
sustainable and also
mimics natural ecosystems in the
environment. What does
organic mean? What does
non-GMO mean? What is
natural? What are
smart labels?
Organic Food
practices strive to foster
cycling of resources
that promotes
ecological
balance and conserves
biodiversity.
Organic food is food produced by methods that comply with the standards of
organic farming. Standards vary worldwide. Organizations regulating
organic products may
restrict the use of
certain pesticides and fertilizers in the farming methods used to
produce such products. In general, organic foods are also usually not
processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or
synthetic food additives.
Organic
Farming relies on
fertilizers of organic origin such as
compost
manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such
as
crop rotation and companion planting. Biological pest control, mixed
cropping and the fostering of insect predators are encouraged. In general,
organic standards are designed to allow the use of naturally occurring
substances while prohibiting or strictly limiting synthetic substances.
For instance, naturally occurring pesticides such as pyrethrin and
rotenone are permitted, while synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are
generally prohibited. Synthetic substances that are allowed include, for
example, copper sulfate, elemental sulfur and Ivermectin. Genetically
modified organisms, nanomaterials, human sewage sludge, plant growth
regulators, hormones, and
antibiotic use in livestock husbandry are
prohibited. Reasons for advocation of organic farming include
advantages in
sustainability, openness, self-sufficiency,
autonomy/independence, health, food security, and food safety. Organic
agricultural methods are internationally regulated and legally enforced by
many nations, based in large part on the
standards set by the
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM), an
international umbrella organization for organic farming organizations
established in 1972. Organic agriculture can be defined as: an integrated
farming system that strives for sustainability, the enhancement of soil
fertility and biological diversity whilst, with rare exceptions,
prohibiting synthetic pesticides, antibiotics, synthetic fertilizers,
genetically modified organisms, and growth hormones.
(Also known as a Bio-Farmer or Eco-Farmer).
Non-GMO -
Natural -
Organic Farming by Country (wiki) -
Organic Food Websites -
Sensors -
Food Fraud Healthful is something
conducive to
good health of body or
mind. Free from filth and
pathogens.
Biodynamic Agriculture is a form of alternative agriculture very
similar to organic farming. It treats soil fertility, plant growth, and
livestock care as ecologically interrelated tasks, emphasizing spiritual
and mystical perspectives. Biodynamic plants are grown in the ground in
living soil, which provides a quality of health and nutrition not possible
with chemical fertilizers or hydroponic growing. Biodynamic farms aspire
to generate their own fertility through composting, integrating animals,
cover cropping, and crop rotation.
New theory sheds light on how the environment influences human health.
A newly proposed component is the biodynamic interface, which may better
explain how humans interact with their environment.
Organic Farming Research.
Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Soil Association for Organic Growers.
National Organic Program.
Organic Food is a
lot cheaper than chemo and also costs a lot less than all the medical bills that comes from
eating
unhealthy foods. Organic food is healthy for the consumers, the
farmers and the environment. This is why we also need to have healthy
water, healthy energy, healthy homes and a healthy education system, this
way, everyone wins.
Maine
Organic Farmers and Gardeners.
Northeast Organic Farming Association.
Organic Consumers Association protects and advocates
for consumers’ right to safe, healthful food and other consumer products,
a just food and farming system and an environment rich in biodiversity and
free of pollutants.
Organic Farming and
Conventional Farming Comparison (PDF)
Student-run Organic Farm thrives at traditional land-grant university.
Farmland LP
converts conventional farmland into certified organic, and the builds
long-term value by implementing sustainable farming practices.
Organic Landscaping
National Organic Standards Board
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Codes
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Research Publication
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Organic Farming Systems (PDF)
Bioscience Oxford Journals
Environmental Impacts
Organic Trade Association
Organic Program Regulations (PDF)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Organic Pesticides.
Urban Chickens -
Backyard Chickens
Fast Growing Plants -
Supercharged Photosynthesis -
Hydroponics
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Aquaponics
(vertical farming)
Plant Breeding
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Foraging Wild Edible Plants
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Forest Gardens
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Environmental Education -
Environmental Websites -
Environmental News
Agrarian Society
is any society whose economy is based on producing and
maintaining crops and farmland.
Organic
Fraud Prevention Solutions.
Bioagricert
S.R.L. is a company provides organic certification services.
Organic Trade Association is a membership-based business association
that focuses on the organic business community in North America. OTA's
mission is to promote ethical consumerism, promoting and protecting the
growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public
and the economy. OTA is a member of The International Federation of
Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) and The International Working Group
on Global Organic Textile Standard.
What Does Organic Mean
Organic Matter refers to the large pool of
carbon-based compounds found within
natural and engineered, terrestrial and aquatic environments. It is matter
composed of organic compounds that have come from the remains of organisms
such as
plants and
animals and their
waste products in the environment.
Organic molecules can also be made by chemical reactions that
don't
involve life. Basic structures are created from cellulose, tannin, cutin,
and lignin, along with other various proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates.
Organic matter is very important in the movement of nutrients in the
environment and plays a role in
water retention on the surface of the
planet. Organic matter is something with organic compounds that you add to
the soil as an amendment. In simple terms, it is
decaying plant or animal
material. This most commonly includes:
compost, green manure, leaf mold,
and
animal manure. Organic
matter in terms of weight is 45–55% carbon, 35–45% oxygen, 3–5% hydrogen,
1–4% nitrogen.
Inorganic.
Organic Compound is any member of a large class of gaseous,
liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain
carbon.
Economics- and policy-driven Organic Carbon Input enhancement dominates
Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation in Chinese croplands. Soil organic
carbon (C) stock in Chinese croplands increased by about 140 kg C ha−1
year−1 from 1980 to 2011. This soil organic C sequestration was largely
due to drastic changes in management practices, such as fertilization,
tillage, and residue treatments, induced by economic and policy
incentives. Our analysis also indicates that excessive N inputs and
inability to incorporate residue C into deeper soils will likely constrain
the future C sequestration in Chinese croplands. These findings provide
new insights into the causes and limitations of economics- and
policy-driven soil C sequestration in China and offer some guidance for
soil C management in many developing countries that are going through the
similar economic and social transformations.
Compounds of
Carbon are defined as chemical substances containing
carbon. More compounds of carbon exist
than any other chemical element except for hydrogen. Organic carbon
compounds are far more numerous than inorganic carbon compounds. In
general bonds of carbon with other elements are
covalent bonds. Carbon is tetravalent
but carbon free radicals and carbenes occur as short-lived intermediates.
Ions of carbon are carbocations and carbanions are also short-lived. An
important carbon property is catenation as the ability to form long carbon
chains and rings.
Carbon Capture.
Inorganic Compound is a compound that is not organic. The
term is not well defined, but in its simplest definition refers simply to
compounds that do not contain carbon, and not consisting of or deriving
from living matter.
Polyphenol are a structural class of mainly natural, but
also synthetic or semisynthetic, organic chemicals characterized by the
presence of large multiples of phenol structural units.
What Does Organic Food Mean
We know from experience that
we should not always trust labels,
though we are forced to do so at times. Mostly because we have
no way of confirming the accuracy of the label, and even if we
did, we still have no way of understanding the whole process or
all the impacts of those processes. Most people don't know that
the word
natural can be misleading and false. Sadly the same
goes for organic. But we still have to choose
Organic because we
know it's a step in the right direction and also a vote for
healthier food and a vote for a healthier planet. The best way
to confirm the quality of your food is to know the source.
That's one of the main reasons why local farming is extremely
important. If a farmer disclosed everything involved in their
farming operations, like soil test results, seeds used, machines
used, and the location of the farm and whether it's near
anything that could
contaminate the food, you would have a much
better chance of
getting the highest quality food possible. You
also want to know if the farm has
good labor practices and
treats their workers fairly. You also want to know if the farm
treats the land with respect and does not pollute any
streams or
rivers nearby. You also want to know if the farm treats their
neighbors with respect as well. You also want to know if the
farm treats their animals humanely and doesn't feed the animals
unhealthy products or use antibiotics or other chemicals. "You
are what you eat, you are also what your food eats too." You
also have to know the inspector who certifies the farm and
whether the farm is following all the rules. So we also
need to have a rating on the inspectors too, because not all inspectors can
be trusted. We also need to know all the chemicals that are
used, even if they are known to be safe. We still need to know
how much chemicals were used, how often they were used, why they
were used, where they were used, and how they were applied. We
also have to know where these chemicals came from and whether
that company is following all the rules too, and whether all the
people who play a part in their processes are also following all
the rules. So we have to define all the rules and we also have
to know if they are being followed. We don't want any hidden costs,
we need everything disclosed. Because if you don't
count the
things that matter then knowing how to count won't matter. The
cost of bad eating habits, and the cost of poor quality food is
enormous, costing billions in healthcare and lose of life, and
the
pollution of
water and
land.
It takes over 3 years for soil to rid itself of
bad
pesticides, herbicides, insecticides,
toxins, and heavy metals
What are
Organic Regulations? what does it mean to be
Organically Certified? -
PDFOrganic Farming
Information
- Crop-Based Foods.
Organic Crops have Higher in Beneficial Antioxidants and Less in
Pesticides -
PDF
The
Organic Effect (youtube) - Family reduces pesticides in their
blood by eating organic food.
Organically Grown Foods may offer Greater Health and Safety than
Foods Conventionally Grown
Organic management practices identified
by the Food and Agriculture Organization.
The Food and Agriculture Organization identified organic
management practices as follows:
Soil management practices include
increasing humus content and biological activity as well as
meeting mineral deficiency of soils: manipulation of crop
rotations and strip-cropping: deep and shallow rooted plants
bring different nutrients to the surface; different crops
require different nutrients; growing green manure; undersowing;
application of rock dust, manure, crop and agro-industry
residues, household waste, compost; soil tillage, such as use of
an implement which aerates the soil.
Pest management practices include:
Manipulation of crop rotations, to minimize survival of
crop-specific pests (in the form of, for example, insect eggs,
fungi) which can infest the next crop; strip cropping, to
moderate spreading of pests over large areas; manipulation of
pH-level or moisture level of the soil (in irrigated
areas);manipulation of planting dates, to plant at a time most
optimal for the crop, or least beneficial for the pest;
adjustment of seeding rates, to achieve an optimal rate given
the need to crowd out weeds or avoid insects; use of appropriate
plant varieties and livestock breeds for local
conditions; implementation of stock culling programmes, which
emphasize genetic resistance against certain diseases; use of
stock buying programmes, which minimize the import of diseases
onto the farm; limiting field size, which aids in weed management
by livestock; biological control methods, to encourage natural
enemies of pests by providing habitat (for example hedges) or by
breeding and releasing them in areas where they are required;
trapping insects, possibly with the use of lures such as
pheromones; biological pesticides (for example, derris dust,
pyrethrum, rotenone) of which the active ingredient is
short-lasting, and which may be produced locally.
Post-harvest practices include:
In temperate countries, grains can be well conserved when
harvested and stocked in conditions which allow air circulation
(in jute sacs, ventilated silos, etc.); in tropical countries,
humidity and high temperatures pose problems which can be
overcome through: harvesting at complete maturity and during dry
weather; storing without stripping off the bark; drying of
grains under the sun before storing; mixing sand, china-clay, or
wood ash to grains; adding little quantities of nut oil to niebe
grains (very effective on weevil); addition of smoke or certain
plants to repel insects; etc.; in ancient Europe and the
Mediterranean basin, grains were stored in buried pits for
several years: the anaerobic conditions of these pits prevented
insect proliferation and the grains underwent an initial
fermentation which protected it from insects and mouldiness,
despite the high degree of humidity; traditional procedures
allow conservation and enhancement of the nutritional value of
cereals and leguminous, such as: fomenting rice (rice is bathed,
steamed and dried) destroys insect eggs; transforming wheat in
bourghoul (wheat is germinated, boiled, dried and crushed)
enriches the cereal with vitamins and essential amino-acids
(lysine) and pre-digest starch; fermenting certain leguminous
(for example, soy in the Far East and nere in Africa) gives high
nutritional quality products which can be conserved for years;
fermented fish sauce (nuoc-nam) allows simple fish conservation
and offers an alternative to fish drying, especially that the latter
entails inevitable losses in tropical conditions.
Food and Agriculture Organization
Organic Production Data -
Organic Production Documentation
Organic FaqsTwo-Stage Determinants of the
Organic Food Retailing Landscape: The Case of Manhattan, New
York
Farmers Markets
Chefs
Garden is a specialty vegetable farm in Huron, Ohio. Elite
chefs seeking perfection, in vegetable form and flavor.
Micro-greens to the tiny eggplants and cucumelons. Squash
blossoms that are only harvested during a narrow hour-and-a-half
window in the early morning.
Sikkim
is a state in northeastern India. It borders Tibet in the north and
northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the
south. Sikkim is also located close to India's Siliguri Corridor near
Bangladesh. Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the
Indian states. A part of the Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim is notable for its
biodiversity, including alpine and subtropical climates, as well as being
a host to Kangchenjunga, the highest peak in India and third highest on
Earth. Sikkim's capital and largest city is Gangtok. Almost 35% of the
state is covered by the Khangchendzonga National Park.
Sikkim
Organic Mission: Frame policy of organic farming in the state. Prepare
a clear cut implementable road map of organic farming. To implement the
programmes of organic farming with a systematic approach to achieve the
target set by the Govt. To develop and explore markets of Organic
commodities. To develop linkage between the organic farmers and the market
with intervention of certification agencies so as to continue the policy
permanently. To develop Sikkim organic brand with proper logo. To make
farming profitable, sustainable and environmentally acceptable.
Responsibly Grown
Labels should tell us what's
relevant and important, and not just the
ingredients.
Whole Foods on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 plans to start rolling
out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as "good,"
''better" or "best" based on the supplier's farming practices.
Responsibly Grown labeling system for produce and flowers will
prohibit the use of several common pesticides. Eliminating the
use of certain pesticides that studies have indicated can be
harmful to farm workers and children born to
mothers exposed to
them. Farms have to take 16 steps to "protect the air, soil,
water and human health." The
rankings will also take into
account factors such as water and energy use. The grocery chain
already has ranking systems for meat and seafood, which takes
into account animal welfare and sustainability standards,
respectively.
We need more people to perform on-site audits.
Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense (youtube)
Food
Scores -
Food Scores App
How Good
Ratings -
Good Guide Ratings
Counting the things that Matter -
Product Lifecycle -
Fair Trade
The trade routes that threaten biodiversity
Sustainable Seafood Calculator -
Ocean Data
Field to Market -
Sustainable Calculator -
Does
it Add Up? -
True Cost Accounting
Big data shows how what we buy affects endangered species What if the
soybeans used to make that tofu you ate last night were grown in fields
that were hewn out of tropical rainforests? Or if that tee-shirt you
bought came from an industrial area that had been carved out of high-value habitat in Malaysia?
Food Sensors - Testing Food Quality - Food Fraud
Traceability is the capability to trace something. In some cases, it
is interpreted as the ability to verify the history, location, or
application of an item by means of
documented recorded identification. Other common definitions include
the capability (and implementation) of keeping track of a given set or
type of information to a given degree, or the ability to chronologically
interrelate uniquely identifiable entities in a way that is verifiable.
Traceability is applicable to measurement,
supply chain, software
development, healthcare and security.
Environmental Monitoring
Technologies.
What's in my food? What's on my food? Who grew the food?
Is the farmer
accountable and
transparent?
SCiO: Your Sixth Sense. A Pocket Molecular Sensor For All.
My DX is a
Portable Handheld Chemical Analyzer Sensor with
electronic nose
nanotechnology to accurately measure
chemicals and test samples of interest in nearly any solid, liquid, or
gas sample, anywhere, anytime.
Sense of Smell (olfactory system)
Artificial
Intelligent Sensors -
Smartphone Sensors
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Food Fraud -
Water Testing
Intelligent and Active Labels could revolutionize food communication.
The EIT Food-funded
Smart Tags project is
working with consumers, producers and retailers to develop smart labelling
similar to
QR codes. These active and
intelligent labels will allow shoppers to get rapid and better information
about food and drinks they consume.
Documents.
Monitoring the Environment
(boots on the ground and eyes in the sky's) -
Eco-Monitoring
Nutrient Testing -
Health Sensors -
Microscopy
The NuVal
System scores food on a scale of 1-100. The higher the NuVal
Score, the better the nutrition.
Molecular Sensor or
chemosensor is a
molecular structure (organic or inorganic complexes) that is used for
sensing of an analyte to produce a detectable change or a signal. The
action of a chemosensor, relies on an interaction occurring at the
molecular level, usually involves the continuous monitoring of the
activity of a chemical species in a given matrix such as solution, air,
blood, tissue, waste effluents, drinking water, etc. The application of
chemosensors is referred to as chemosensing, which is a form of molecular
recognition. All chemosensors are designed to contain a signalling moiety
and a recognition moiety, that is connected either directly to each other
or through a some kind of connector or a spacer. The signalling is often
optically based electromagnetic radiation, giving rise to changes in
either (or both) the ultraviolet and visible absorption or the emission
properties of the sensors. Chemosensors may also be electrochemically
based. Small molecule sensors are related to chemosensors. These are
traditionally, however, considered as being structurally simple molecules
and reflect the need to form chelating molecules for complexing ions in
analytical chemistry. Chemosensors are synthetic analogues of biosensors,
the difference being that biosensors incorporate biological receptors such
as antibodies, aptamers or large biopolymers. Chemosensors describes
molecule of synthetic origin that signal the presence of matter or energy.
A chemosensor can be considered as type of an analytical device.
Chemosensors are used in everyday life and have been applied to various
areas such as in chemistry, biochemistry, immunology, physiology, etc. and
within medicine in general, such as in critical care analysis of blood
samples. Chemosensors can be designed to detect/signal a single analyte or
a mixture of such species in solution. This can be achieved through either
a single measurement or through the use of continuous monitoring. The
signaling moiety acts as a signal transducer, converting the information
(recognition event between the chemo-sensor and the analyte) into an
optical response in a clear and reproducible manner. Most commonly, the
change (the signal) is observed by measuring the various physical
properties of the chemosensor, such as the photo-physical properties seen
in the absorption or emission, where different wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum are used. Consequently, most chemosensors are
described as being either colorimetric (ground state) or luminescent
(excited state, fluorescent or phosphorescent). Colorimetric chemosensors
give rise to changes in their absorption properties (recorded using
ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy), such as in absorption intensity and
wavelength or in chirality (using circularly polarized light, and CD
spectroscopy).
Gas Chromatography is a common type of chromatography used in
analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be
vaporized without decomposition. Typical uses of GC include testing the
purity of a particular substance, or separating the different components
of a mixture (the relative amounts of such components can also be
determined). In some situations, GC may help in identifying a compound. In
preparative chromatography, GC can be used to prepare pure compounds from
a mixture.
Chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a
mixture. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid called the mobile phase,
which carries it through a structure holding another material called the
stationary phase. The various constituents of the mixture travel at
different speeds, causing them to separate. The separation is based on
differential partitioning between the mobile and stationary phases. Subtle
differences in a compound's partition coefficient result in differential
retention on the stationary phase and thus affect the separation.
Chromatography may be preparative or analytical. The purpose of
preparative chromatography is to separate the components of a mixture for
later use, and is thus a form of purification. Analytical chromatography
is done normally with smaller amounts of material and is for establishing
the presence or measuring the relative proportions of analytes in a
mixture. The two are not mutually exclusive.
New research could provide better food and faster analysis of blood tests.
Gas chromatographic analysis in the food industry can be used to reveal
food fraud. Gas chromatography using mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is widely
used in the food industry. For example, all large companies that work with
fermentation will use this method of analysis to measure how the
microorganisms in a fermentation develop and affect the final product. For
example, if you produce a cheese, the taste and aroma develop differently
depending on the microbiological culture you add and how you treat the
cheese during production. Gas chromatography can be used to measure the
chemical elements that together form the aroma profile of the cheese. So
if you, for example, want a more fruity or nutty aroma, you could try to
change the production and then measure whether you have formed more of the
chemicals behind the desired flavour profile. The method of interpretation
could also help give smaller food companies access to highly advanced
analytical methods that can help companies with product optimisation,
quality assurance and raw material identification.
Food Whistleblower
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Food Integrity
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Smart Labels -
Supply Chain Traceability
Sensor Detects Adulteration in Honey. The microwave microstrip line
planar resonator sensor detects added water in honey. Scientists
developed a microwave microstrip line planar resonator sensor tool to
detect water adulteration in honey. The tool is compact, cost-effective,
and easily fabricated. The microstrip line resonator sensor is fabricated
on a dielectric substrate, which is an insulator that can efficiently
support electrostatic fields, such as ceramic or glass. The team tested
honey samples with varying water content and found that the sensor's
resonance frequency consistently decreases with increased added water
content.
Developing novel methods to detect antibiotics in vegetables and
earthworms. Researchers have managed to analyze, simultaneously,
several families of antibiotics in vegetables and earthworms. Sampling
carried out in various locations has yielded data on the existence of
antimicrobial agents and their derivatives in vegetables. In this respect,
Vergara stresses the need for further research to address the problem of
contamination by this type of medication in the environment.
New Biosensor accurately and efficiently determines Meat Freshness.
Despite the technological advances keeping meat fresh for as long as
possible, certain aging processes are unavoidable. Adenosine triphosphate
is a molecule produced by breathing and responsible for providing energy
to cells. When an animal stops breathing, ATP synthesis also stops, and
the existing molecules decompose into acid, diminishing first flavor and
then safety. Hypoxanthine and xanthine are intermediate steps in this
transition. Assessing their prevalence in meat indicates its freshness.
3D-printed chip sensor detects foodborne pathogens for safer products.
Chip design can rapidly and efficiently test for multiple pathogens
simultaneously, potentially reducing foodborne illness. Researchers have
developed a new method for detecting foodborne pathogens that is faster,
cheaper, and more effective than existing methods. Their microfluidic chip
uses light to detect multiple types of pathogens simultaneously and is
created using 3D printing, making it easy to fabricate in large amounts
and modify to target specific pathogens. The researchers hope their
technique can improve screening processes and keep contaminated food out
of the hands of consumers.
Indicator
Labels are used for detecting ammonia gas and are useful for
monitoring the
freshness of foods such as meat, shrimp and fish because of
its simple detection methods. Once exposed with ammonia gas, the color of
the label from Whatman paper changes from red to purplish brown and then
to yellow. Each chemical indicator label provides distinct color change
when exposed to the sterilization process. Has date and operator fields on
label. Pressure-sensitive indicator for use in dry-heat sterilization
processes.
Food Labels.
Artificial color-changing material that mimics chameleon skin can detect
seafood freshness. Scientists have designed an artificial
color-changing material that mimics chameleon skin, with
luminogens (molecules that make crystals glow) organized into
different core and shell hydrogel layers instead of one uniform matrix.
The findings demonstrate that a two-luminogen
hydrogel chemosensor developed with this design can detect
seafood freshness by changing color in
response to amine vapors released by microbes as fish spoils.
Wine Fraud can be determined with 100% accuracy using a novel
technique of molecular fingerprinting
fluorescence spectroscopy, a technology that analyses fluorescence of
molecules using a beam of light that excites the electrons in molecules of
certain compounds and causes them to emit light. Wine authentication can
help to avoid any uncertainty around wine labeling according to origin,
variety, or vintage.
Food Watch is an independent, non-profit organization that exposes
food-industry practices that are not in the interests of consumers.
Food Industry Controlled By The Mafia | Organized Crime. (youtube) -
Food crime is a multi-billion dollar industry affecting everything from
the cheapest to most expensive ingredient.
New tests created to find fake honey. The bee's knees. Researchers
have developed new ways to detect sugar syrup adulteration in
honey, paving the way for fast and accurate
tests to discover fake products.
Food Labels should tell us these
important factors. Nutrition Levels (Vitamin and Mineral levels-Raw and Cooked, and
what this food goes good with)
Label Meanings.
Environmental Impact Level (pesticides, locally grown, non-gmo,
farming methods, energy used to process, packaging).
I'm not against products, I'm just totally against cheap
products that don't last and waste resources, energy, people,
time and money. These products serve no purpose other then
killing the environment and killing people. This is why we need
an accurate and reliable rating system that says this product
meets the highest standards of sustainability and intelligence,
if it doesn't have this seal of approval, then people should not
buy it. If people do buy this cheap and ignorant product, that
means they are voting for ignorant and criminal behavior to
continue to hurt innocent people. The FDA is too slow and
corrupt. The FDA drags their feet as people are dying. We need
better system that works. The FDA, politicians and certain
corporations are basically saying, "we are f*cking scumbags and
we don't give a sh*t about people or this planet." These are the
people that need to be in jail, not small time offenders, put
these mass murders behind bars. They are Terrorists. So why are
they not arrested? Justice for some.
Quality
Control -
Food
Safety -
Ratings -
Feedback
Coops -
Farm to Fridge -
Food Labels -
Value Measuring
Environmental effects of purchasing, consuming mislabeled fish.
Seafood is the world's most highly traded food commodity, and reports of
seafood mislabeling have increased over the past decade. However, proof of
the environmental effects of mislabeled seafood has been scant as has
research. So, researchers analyzed the impact of seafood mislabeling on
marine population health, fishery management effectiveness, and habitats
and ecosystems in the United States, the world's largest seafood importer.
The study found that approximately 190,000 to 250,000 tons of mislabeled
seafood are sold in the United States each year, or 3.4% to 4.3% of
consumed seafood. What's more, the substituted seafood was 28% more likely
to be imported from other countries, which may have weaker environmental
laws than the United States.
Bait
and Switch.
Digital Food - vpro backlight (youtube)
MasSpec Pen can help identify common types of meat and fish within 15
seconds. Meat and fish fraud are global problems, costing consumers
billions of dollars every year. On top of that, mislabeling products can
cause problems for people with allergies, religious or cultural
restrictions.
An efficient and low-cost approach to detecting food fraud. Fraudulent
practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical
origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists
have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of
food in an efficient and low-cost manner. One method for detecting food
fraud is to determine the δ18O or
delta-O-18
value of a product sample, which characterizes the oxygen isotope ratio.
Food
Market Designs shouldn't be about sales, designs should be
about education. People don't need manipulation, people need education.
Single fingerprint at a crime scene detects class A drug usage. The
latest findings show that with clever science, a single fingerprint left
at a crime scene could be used to determine whether someone has touched or
ingested class A drugs
The smart science behind the advance is the
mass spectrometry imaging tools applied
to the detection of cocaine and its metabolites in fingerprints.
Forensic Science.
Clothes Labels - Labels should tell people the Whole Story
Shirt Label: 100% cotton. Made in
Cambodia by Behnly, 9 years old. He gets up at 5:00 am every
morning to make his way to the garment factory where he works.
It will be dark when he arrives and dark when he leaves. He
dresses lightly because the temperature in the room he works
reaches 30 degrees. The dust in the room fills his nose and
mouth. He will make less than a
dollar, for a day spent slowly suffocating. A mask would cost
the company ten cents.
Shirt Label: 100% cotton. Made in
Bangladesh by Joya who left school at the age of 12 to help
support her two brothers and newly widowed mother. Her father
was killed when a fire ripped through the cotton factory where
he works. She now works in the building across the street from
the burned down factory. A constant reminder of the risk she
takes every day.
Canadian Fair Trade
Network
Noy Thrupkaew: Human Trafficking is all around you, this is how
it works (video)
Of course this is only half the story, the other half is the
environmental impacts, and so on.
The Value of Money.
14 Expert Ways To Tell If Clothes Are Well-Made Or Super Cheap.