What's really in our food?

After popular acclaim from last year's documentary 'What's really in our food?', TV3 commissioned Top Shelf Productions to make 10 half hour series on food.

The series begins this coming Tuesday 24 June 8pm and will cover a number of issues including plastics, fruit and veg, bread, organics, pesticides, additives including aspartame.

This week programme looks at chicken ... Issues like barn raised chickens versus free range - is there any benefit to us, the consumer, in buying free range? are hormones and antibiotics used by chicken farmers?

http://www.tv3.co.nz/TVShows/Reality/WhatsReallyInOurFood/tabid/778/Default.aspx?showid=16417

Our US Directory is live!!!

It's live!!!

US and Canadian vistors will now see a different version of Organic Baby including our US Directory, Diaper Section, Book page and Gift Gallery.

Visitors from any part the world can "Change Country" at the top of our site.

Yes!!! We now have US prize draws. To celebrate our launch with you, our US members (and Canadian members too), you are in the June, July and August draws.

From September 2008, only Organic Baby Club members will be eligible.

Organic Baby Club: Our US membership includes a fab tee from Focoloco or Little Green Star, exclusive discounts, refer-a-friend rewards and of course entry into the prize draw entry every month! Only $36 per annum!!!

eco news summary

I subscribe to Environ News Australia and a couple of significant headlines captured my attention over the last week....

Population Pressure takes Earth to its limits
(http://enviro.org.au/enews-description.asp?id=833
The United Nations' Global Environment Outlook-4 report, released in New York, reveals a scale of unprecedented ecological damage, with more than 2 million people possibly dying prematurely of air pollution and close to 2 billion likely to suffer absolute water scarcity by 2025. Put bluntly, the report warns that the 6.75 billion world population, "has reached a stage where the amount of resources needed to sustain it exceeds what is available".

Organic Food is Safer and Healthier (4 year EU investigation shows)
(http://enviro.org.au/enews-description.asp?id=836)

Concerns about GM High Lysine Corn

Today on National Radio, listen to this report on concerns by NZ scientists, over approval of the the sale and use of food derived from LY038 high lysine corn (for human consumption).

This corn has only been approved for animal consumption and has not been tested in its' cooked form. The scientists interviewed say there is ample scientific evidence to indicate that cooking high lysine corn will produce compounds which are highly hazardous to humans.

We will be the guinea-pigs that the corn is trialled on!!!

The decision will be made by Ministerial Council on Monday 23rd July (at the earliest)

Please note that this audio report is only available for a week.

For additional background information, see the Green Party web site.

Chinese Imported Foodstuffs & other goods

Listen to this alarming interview on Radio New Zealand on Tuesday 10th, regarding the import of foodstuffs (seafood, whitebait) and other goods from China.

This interview can heard on the Radio New Zealand web site for the next six days only.

Organic Wave gaining momentum

The latest news from Reuters via the Environment Society of Australia:
"Organic food sales grow by as much as 20 percent a year and were forecast for $16 billion during 2006, or nearly 3 percent of all U.S. food spending, the Organic Trade Association said at a pair of congressional hearings". Read more: