Organic Podcast 1

This is the first podcast segment from the Missouri Organic Association.

The MOA will begin bringing Educational Organic Podcasts each week.

Today’s show will give consumers an explanation of what is the correct definition of organic, the concerns about pesticide residues for children and the facts about the nutritional benefits of organic foods. MOA Spokesperson Melinda Hemmelgarn talks with Brownfield Farm Broadcaster Julie Harker on these topics.

LISTEN: Missouri Organic Podcast #1

Reference Information:
1. The Organic Center
2. July 18th issue of the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
3. The American Institute for Cancer Research, Fall 2007 newsletter.
4. United Nations/Food and Agricutlure Organization, Newsroom, May 3, 2007.States should integrate organic agriculture objectives within national priorities
5. University of Michigan: Organic Agriculture and the Global Food Supply:( Farming Can Feed the World), Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2007), 22:86-108, Campbridge University Press.
6. American Dietetic Association, Healthy Land, Healthy People
7. IA State: Yields Increase, Soil Resilience Soars; Longer-term research proves organic promise