An Illegal Fungicide Found in Conventional Orange Juice – Another Reason to Buy Organic

Written by Max Goldberg on January 13, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

Stories about the toxicity of our food supply just keep rolling in.

As I wrote about recently, numerous samples of conventional apple juice were found to have unsafe and illegal levels of arsenic. And now orange juice is having its own set of problems.

Coca-Cola, which makes Minute Maid and Simply Orange, reported to the FDA on December 28th that some Brazilian growers of oranges that are used in the company’s juices and those of its competitors had sprayed their trees with carbendazim, a toxic fungicide.

As a result, the FDA has temporarily halted (PDF) all shipments of imported orange juice while it conducts field tests. Products already on supermarket shelves that have “low levels” of carbendazim (80 parts per billion) may still be sold. Read More »

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Organic Kaffir Limes – WOW, These are Amazing!

Written by Max Goldberg on December 13, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

A while ago I did a story on gold nugget mandarins and when I saw this unknown fruit above, I couldn’t help but think of them because of the similarity of the rind.

And just as I had never seen gold nugget mandarins before, the same was true with these organic kaffir limes.

When I started asking the woman at my local organic market about kaffir limes, she quickly asked “Do you want to try one?”

With a bit of reluctance, I said “Ok, I guess.” After all, eating limes isn’t something that I normally do. Read More »

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Ever Seen One of These Before? I Hadn’t Until The Other Day – An Organic Gold Nugget Mandarin

Written by Max Goldberg on May 19, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

When I was in my local organic market the other day, a handful of unconventionally-looking oranges were sitting in a back shelf.

I had never seen anything that look like these and then asked the guy working there a question.

“Do you these come like this?” Read More »

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Vermont Soap Organics – My Favorite Fruit and Vegetable Wash

Written by Max Goldberg on October 26, 2010. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

At the recent 2010 Natural Products Expo East Trade Show in Boston, I spoke with Larry Plesent, the founder of Vermont Soap Organics.

Vermont Soap Organics makes my absolute favorite fruit and vegetable wash. Yes, washing with water is just not enough. It is important to use a produce wash but not just any one.

In this video, Larry explains the benefits of using a produce wash and discusses the main ingredients in his product.

Please be aware that not all produce washes are created equally. Many contain an ingredient called grapefruit seed extract. There is a good deal of controversy around grapefruit seed extract and it is something that I try to avoid.

If you want to order this fanastic produce wash, click HERE.

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Organic Strawberries are Found to be More Nutritious, Says Washington State University

Written by Max Goldberg on September 7, 2010. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

I just love reading announcements like this. Researchers at Washington State University just released the results of their study of strawberries and concluded that organic is superior to conventional in several different categories.

Not that this is any great surprise to me but having empirical evidence is always beneficial.

The study, which was published in PLoS One, came to the following conclusions about organic strawberries:

- Longer shelf life and greater dry matter.

- Higher antioxidant activity and concentrations of ascorbic acid and phenolic compounds.

- Sweeter taste, better flavor and appearance. Read More »

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