Food

When you buy a pound of butter, pack of cheese or a carton of yogurt labeled as Organic, you're getting a healthy, premium product that you can feel good about serving to your family. But you're also supporting a system of agriculture that is environmentally sound, and which assures the health and future productivity of both animals and land.

A litre of certified organic milk reflects the farm on which it was produced. The dairy cows on that farm were:

    * Fed organic feed raised on land certified as meeting national organic growing standards;
    * Raised in conditions which limit stress and promote health;
    * Cared for as individuals by dairy professionals who value animal health;
    * Not given routine treatments of antibiotics or growth hormones.

Buying an organic product, ensures that you are supporting organic agriculture, a production method which strives to maintain biological diversity while replenishing soil fertility and eliminating the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Because the husbandry practices used by organic farmers require a level of attentiveness and care incompatible with industrialized dairy operations, you're also supporting farmers who work with the health of their animals in mind.

There are organic fish on the market... they have been bred in captivity though....

A recent EU directive decreed that nothing captured or harvested from the wild can be labeled as 'organic'. The reasoning behind this is that, if you can't be sure of the history of a product how can you be sure it will meet organic standards without extensive and very costly testing.

Currently only farmed fish can be given the organic label with only salmon and trout being readily available but we have organic cod, halibut and sea bass to look forward to very soon.

Herbs and spices liven up your cooking.

Organic herbs and spices add zest to your favorite dishes, and several also offer superior medicinal qualities. Some organic herbs are suited to making teas, while others are appropriate for use in perfumes.
Some organic herbs and spices are used in the making of sweet dishes. Orange peel, is a wonderful component of many cookie, pancake and quick bread recipes when a touch of citrus is required to bring out the best in the total combination of ingredients used.

Organic spices can also be used in many of your favorite savory recipes. Dill is wonderful used in stuffed grape leaves' filling, as well as in tartar sauces.

Organic spices such as curry powder can take a meal that might be otherwise bland and bring it to a new level of taste with the addition of this zesty spice.

Check out the Organic suppliers here...