WHY ORGANIC FOOD REALLY “IS” GOOD FOR YOU

29Jan09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TORONTO, ONTARIO – January 29, 2009

WHY ORGANIC FOOD REALLY IS GOOD FOR YOU

THE 2009 ORGANICS CONFERENCE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE PROOF YOU WILL EVER NEED

Growing and Eating for Nourishment, Nourishing the Future has keynote speaker Carlo Leifert, leader of the largest, most sweeping organic food study ever done to date. Over 30 research organizations, businesses and universities worldwide were involved in using science to get to the bottom of things. You will learn about the truth of what makes real good and healthy food at this one-day conference on Saturday, Feb 21st at the U of T Conference Centre (89 Chestnut St).

Organic tomatoes have shown that they have nearly 2 times more antioxidants compared to your typical store bought one. “Still No Free Lunch (2007)”

The conference includes a mini-market and a delicious organic lunch created by Chef Jaco Lokker. Panels include Growing for Nourishment, Pregnancy and Organic, All About Your Meat, Organic Restaurants, Importing DDT, Organic Makeover, Preserving and Canning, The Organic Wine Story and more. For a complete agenda, see the COG TO Web site.

So why is organic food still a hot topic? First there’s food safety concerns from bacterial outbreaks to pesticide residue. People want clean, organic, local food that nourishes them and doesn’t harm the environment. In the US, chemicals for food cause over $27,000,000 in damage to environment, people and their health. Research has shown that today’s chemical farming is killing soil, land, water – and food.

Farmers stick 30000 or more corn seeds in an acre. Guess what? That’s 3 times more than what they used to back in 1940. Problem? When the chemicals are all sprayed and things are harvested we’re still getting about the same amount of corn per acre as we have in the last 50 years. “Still No Free Lunch (2007)”

“America’s public health is suffering because of the way we grow food, the chemicals we apply to crops, the drugs we administer to farm animals, our excessive reliance on processing, and too much added fat and sugar in way too many foods,” says Dr. Alan Greene in a recent 2007 report by Brian Halweil “Still No Free Lunch”.

The day begins at 9:00 am with Margaret Webb‘s “The First Strawberry” [Margaret is the author of “Apples and Oysters”] as well as tea and coffee. The closing panel, “The Cost of Organic” starts at 3:30 pm.

Early bird tickets are $65. The price will go up to $85 after the early bird ends on January 30. For Canadian Organic Growers (COG) members it’s only $55. Space is limited to 350. Register online, call 416-466-9584 or email conference@cog.ca.

The conference is organized by Canadian Organic Growers Toronto. Its mission is to create awareness of and appreciation for sustainable organic food systems by growing membership and providing opportunities to connect people and their food, land and community (with hope, promise and passion).

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For Further Information, Contact

Tanmayo Krupanszky

Conference Organizer, Special Events

T: 416.466.9584 or 416.466.4420

M: 416.320.4537

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Sunny Lam

Communications Outreach

Canadian Organic Growers Toronto

T: 416 845 0818

E: sunny.lam@gmail.com

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