Saturday, July 19, 2014

Salon: Organic food's dirty secret: What the "seductive" label fails to tell you

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July 19th, 2014
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Organic food's dirty secret: What the "seductive" label fails to tell you

Just because food is labeled organic doesn't mean it's what you're expecting, journalist Peter Laufer tells Salon

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