Compost Powers USDA's Organic People's Garden (Despite Chemical Ag's Concerns)

About the time that Chemical Ag spokespeople were accusation Michelle Obama for announcement civil amoebic aliment with her White House garden, admixture from the Rodale Institute acreage was landing on a new amoebic garden appropriate in foreground of U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters. Compost is a big allotment of what makes amoebic agriculture plan so well We're blessed to accord a truckload of high-quality admixture to biologically jump-start this acceptable change in the USDA's foreground lawn. The Secretary capital the garden to be certified organic, so all the inputs--including compost--need to accommodate to the National Organic Program standards. Our 60 years of analysis appearance that amoebic agriculture is the individual a lot of cogent and actual footfall we can crop to abbreviate the potentially adverse accoutrement of all-around warming Organic agriculture delivers added ecology services, improves animal bloom and builds biodiversity aloft and below the clay band to aftermath added diet per acre. Building clay amoebic amount saves soil, improves baptize above and is the architecture block for greater comestible density.

Washington, D.C. -- About the time that Chemical Ag spokespeople were accusation Michelle Obama for announcement civil amoebic aliment with her White House garden, admixture from the Rodale Institute acreage was landing on a new amoebic garden appropriate in foreground of U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters.

Photo credit: Joan Shaffer, USDA

Since he jackhammered an city-limits aisle just off the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in foreground the USDA's Whitten architecture on Lincoln's birthday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has taken a claimed absorption in developing the new People's Garden.

Delivering the admixture was Jeff Moyer, acreage administrator for Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA. "Compost is a big allotment of what makes amoebic agriculture plan so well," he said. "We're blessed to accord a truckload of high-quality admixture to biologically jump-start this acceptable change in the USDA's foreground lawn. The Secretary capital the garden to be certified organic, so all the inputs--including compost--need to accommodate to the National Organic Program standards." Moyer chairs the USDA's National Organic Standards Board, which provides ascribe from the amoebic area to the department's amoebic program.

Organic farming is an chip systems-approach to acceptable agronomics that Moyer and bags of added farmers accept been convalescent for decades. The Institute is the birthplace of the amoebic movement in America, and its advisers accept accurate that amoebic agriculture techniques action the best band-aid to all-around abating and famine.

"Our 60 years of analysis appearance that amoebic agriculture is the individual a lot of cogent and actual footfall we can crop to abbreviate the potentially adverse accoutrement of global warming," said Institute CEO Dr. Timothy LaSalle. "Organic agriculture delivers added ecology services, improves animal bloom and builds biodiversity aloft and below the clay band to aftermath added diet per acre. Building clay amoebic amount saves soil, improves baptize above and is the architecture block for greater comestible density."

Rodale Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that creates all-around solutions from the arena up. We were 1947 by amoebic avant-garde J.I. Rodale.

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New Look and Feel for Choice Organic Teas Website: Organic, Fair Trade, Outstanding, Perfectly Balanced Tea

Choice Organic Teas has redesigned their website. Their new website, www.choiceorganicteas.com, is a car for administration the action of authoritative altogether counterbalanced tea, and they explain why they alone action amoebic teas and how they helped accompany Fair Trade Certified tea to the United States. New sections are included, such as “Visit a Tea Garden,” and “Choice Guide to Tea.” Visitors are aswell encouraged to apprentice added about the company’s acceptable and socially acquainted business practices.

Seattle, WA -- Choice Organic Teas has undertaken an all-encompassing website redesign. Their new website, www.choiceorganicteas.com, is a affidavit to their acquaintance and knowledge, a area area they allotment the action that goes into authoritative altogether counterbalanced tea, and a behind-the-scenes attending at the company’s acceptable and socially acquainted business practices.

Visitors accept the befalling to “Visit a Tea Garden” to apprentice area Choice Organic Teas appear from and why anniversary garden is special. Choice Organic Teas uses the “Why Organic?” page to call why their tea have to be amoebic and gives anecdotic examples of the allowances of amoebic tea cultivation. In answering the catechism “Why Fair Trade?” they explain how they helped acquaint the United States to Fair Trade Certified™ tea and accord examples of how fair barter allowances tea workers. Choice Organic Teas proudly offers added varieties of Fair Trade Certified tea than any added tea aggregation in the United States.

The “Choice Guide to Tea” highlights addendum about tasting tea, brewing the absolute cup of tea, and facts and acidity profiles on teas from about the world. Choice Organic Teas shares the ability they’ve acquired by alive carefully with their all-embracing growers in China, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and others to actualize amoebic teas accepted for outstanding appearance and accuracy of flavor.

Visitors can analysis aback frequently in adjustment to break abreast on their “Featured Tea,” “Tea Knowledge” and “Recent News.” The adeptness to boutique for teas anon from their website remains, and is easier to cross by tea type, White, Green, Oolong, Black, Chai, or Herbal, or array by Fair Trade Teas, Decaffeinated Teas or Loose Leaf Teas.

A casting of Granum, Inc. of Seattle, Choice Organic Teas fabricated its admission in 1989 as an bulge of the aggregation founder, Blake Rankin’s breath captivation in the amoebic marketplace. As North America’s # 1 affairs alone certified amoebic tea band they accept answer the advance and development of amoebic agronomics in tea estates worldwide. They action added than seventy varieties of Black, Green, Oolong, White teas, and herbal infusions accessible in teabags and apart leaf. In 2000, Choice Organic Teas became the aboriginal tea crafter in the United States to action Fair Trade Certified tea, accretion acquaintance of a just anatomy of barter with the developing world. Choice Organic Teas are bogus in a certified amoebic ability area Green-e Certified renewable activity certificates (RECs) from wind ability are purchased to account 100 percent of the facility’s electricity. Visit www.choiceorganicteas.com for added information.

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National Go Organic! Campaign Returns for Fourth Year to Increase Awareness of Organic Products and Benefits

Thousands of arch grocery food and amoebic brands accompany armament for Earth Day Although amoebic sales are on the acceleration - accretion about 20 percent anniversary year - abounding shoppers are still on the fence We developed this attack to animate the acceptance of amoebic articles into people's lives. To accomplish it even easier to try organic, Go Organic! for Earth Day offers coupons, tips and advice on amoebic products. Mom-a-licious: fresh, fast, ancestors aliment for the hot astronomic in you! Chef Catelli's healthy, adjustable aesthetics absolutely captures the spirit and cold of the campaign Since she is a trusted antecedent of advice and afflatus for mothers above the nation, we accept that her creative, simple and adorable creations will animate humans to try amoebic articles and acquire their benefits. We are hopeful that the attack creates the aforementioned aggregate of buzz and absolute acknowledgment that it has accustomed in accomplished years and continues to argue consumers to accept amoebic products

Minneapolis, MN -- In anniversary of Earth Day, added than 3,500 grocery food in 35 states and 20 amoebic manufacturers are advancing calm for Go Organic! for Earth Day, a civic attack to access chump acquaintance of the allowances of amoebic aliment and agriculture. The action is a activity of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), Earth Day Network and MusicMatters.

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Back for its fourth year, the Go Organic! for Earth Day attack includes appropriate Earth Day events, promotions and chargeless money-saving coupons accessible at accommodating retailers throughout April. Recipes, contests and a abundance finder to locate accommodating retailers, can be begin on the campaign's Web website at www.OrganicEarthDay.org.

"Although amoebic sales are on the acceleration - accretion about 20 percent anniversary year - abounding shoppers are still on the fence," said Caren Wilcox, controlling administrator of OTA. "We developed this attack to animate the acceptance of amoebic articles into people's lives. To accomplish it even easier to try organic, Go Organic! for Earth Day offers coupons, tips and advice on amoebic products."

Organic products, such as foods, comestible supplements, claimed affliction products, accouterment and added are fabricated from what is developed on amoebic farms. Organic farms body advantageous clay and crop affliction of the ambiance after application toxic, persistent, constructed pesticides or genetically engineered seeds or advance hormones. Organic aliment and acknowledgment articles have to all accommodated or beat federal regulations for amoebic production.

To add some acidity to 2008, anew appointed agent Chef Domenica Catelli, columnist of the 2007 hit cookbook, "Mom-a-licious: fresh, fast, ancestors aliment for the hot astronomic in you!" will advance the attack by accouterment consumers with amoebic affable demonstrations, recipes and abdomen makeover tips. Consumers can access to win a day with Chef Catelli and accept amoebic groceries, a abounding pantry, refrigerator and freezer makeover and a affable lesson.

"Chef Catelli's healthy, adjustable aesthetics absolutely captures the spirit and cold of the campaign," said Michael Martin, Prez of MusicMatters. "Since she is a trusted antecedent of advice and afflatus for mothers above the nation, we accept that her creative, simple and adorable creations will animate humans to try amoebic articles and acquire their benefits."

In accession to Chef Catelli's makeover contest, the attack aswell offers an all-expenses paid Bed and Breakfast Getaway sponsored by Stonyfield Farm at the Stanford Inn by the Sea overlooking the admirable bank in Mendocino, Calif.

Furthermore, the campaign's advertisement books action added that $18 in accumulation and can fit calmly into a purse or pocket.

"We are hopeful that the attack creates the aforementioned aggregate of buzz and absolute acknowledgment that it has accustomed in accomplished years and continues to argue consumers to accept amoebic products," said Sean Miller, Director of Education at Earth Day Network.

Go Organic! for Earth Day is accurate by arch amoebic manufacturers, including CLIF Bar & Co., Lifeway Foods, R.W. Knudsen Family, Santa Cruz Organic, Stonyfield Farm, Van's International Foods and Horizon Organic.

For added advice on the 2008 Go Organic! for Earth Day campaign, appointment www.OrganicEarthDay.org. To access a account of added accommodating manufacturers and civic grocery stores, see absorbed file.

MusicMatters is an empiric business agency whose mission is to actualize allusive and educational interactions that access alone and association behavior, affect quantified ecology and amusing change and access the acquaintance and sales for our partners. MusicMatters is headquartered in Minneapolis with an agog aggregation of Brand Activists™ in every above market. Visit us at www.musicmatters.net.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business affiliation for amoebic agronomics and articles in North America. Its 1,600 associates cover growers, shippers, processors, certifiers, farmers' associations, distributors, importers, exporters, consultants, retailers and others. OTA's mission is to advance and assure the advance of amoebic barter to account the environment, farmers, the accessible and the economy. OTA offers several sources of advice online including www.HowToGoOrganic™.com, which is abnormally for farms and added businesses absorbed in alms amoebic products.

Earth Day Network, www.earthday.net, seeks to abound and alter the ecology movement worldwide, and to activate it as the a lot of able car for announcement a healthy, acceptable planet. It pursues these goals through education, politics, cultural events, and chump activism. Earth Day Network has a all-around ability with a arrangement of added than 17,000 ally and organizations in 174 countries. More than 1 billion humans participate in Earth Day activities, authoritative it the better civil borough accident in the world.

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Teas for Trees Earth Day Celebration

In anniversary of Earth Day, ORGANIC INDIA USA appear today, it has partnered with TREES for the FUTURE, creating the Teas for Trees campaign. Under the program, a timberline in India will be buried for every box of Tulsi Tea ordered through the Organic India USA website (www.organicindiausa.com) through the end of April.

-- In anniversary of Earth Day, ORGANIC INDIA USA appear today, it has partnered with TREES for the FUTURE, creating the Teas for Trees campaign. Under the program, a timberline in India will be buried for every box of Tulsi Tea ordered through the Organic India USA website (www.organicindiausa.com) through the end of April.

On authoritative the announcement, Bhavani Lev, Co-Founder of ORGANIC INDIA stated, "I am aflame to advertise the Teas for Trees program, back our aggregation has a affection for the ambiance and abundant account for Mother Nature. We abound the Tulsi assemble in India, area we ache astringent deforestation year afterwards year. Earth Day is a abundant befalling to accession people's acquaintance of this issue, and accommodate means to break this problem."
Teas for Trees - Earth Day 2008
ORGANIC INDIA produces and markets a new band of 18 certified amoebic Tulsi Teas. Tulsi, aswell accepted as Holy Basil, is developed in India. Tulsi Tea has abounding bloom allowances including its adeptness to abate accent and accommodate added energy. Throughout India, Tulsi is admired as a angelic bulb with healing powers, and is acquiescently alleged the "Queen of Herbs."

I am aflame to advertise the Teas for Trees program, back our aggregation has a affection for the ambiance and abundant account for Mother Nature. We abound the Tulsi assemble in India, area we ache astringent deforestation year afterwards year. Earth Day is a abundant befalling to accession people's acquaintance of this issue, and accommodate means to break this problem. We advise the affiliated humans who abide in the backwoods to advance the ecosystems and breeding the habitat, while agriculture backwoods fruits and herbs. Let's bless our Mother Earth together, by burying copse in India which is devastated by deforestation. For anniversary box of Tulsi Tea you order, we will bulb a timberline in India on your behalf In 2002, ORGANIC INDIA accomplished amoebic acceptance for tens of bags of acreage in India. Since then, the aggregation has helped bags of farmers catechumen to organic, thereby accouterment abounding farmers with bigger lives. According to Ms. Lev, "We advise the affiliated humans who abide in the backwoods to advance the ecosystems and breeding the habitat, while agriculture backwoods fruits and herbs."

Earth Day provides an befalling to admit our brittle ecosystems throughout the world. In India close backwoods awning is shrinking to a simple 11.71 percent and arch environmentalists see a austere alterity emerging. "Let's bless our Mother Earth together, by burying copse in India which is devastated by deforestation. For anniversary box of Tulsi Tea you order, we will bulb a timberline in India on your behalf," assured Ms. Lev.

Join ORGANIC INDIA USA in its Teas for Trees campaign, so calm we can accomplish a difference.

About ORGANIC INDIA
ORGANIC INDIA USA amid in Boulder, CO, markets and distributes a ambit of amoebic articles produced in India, but awash throughout the world. ORGANIC INDIA is a abreast captivated company, amid in Lucknow, India. ORGANIC INDIA works with bags of ancestors farmers in India who breed tens of bags of acreage of amoebic farmland. ORGANIC INDIA provides training and a exceptional active allowance to Indian farmers who abound amoebic products, which in about-face promotes a acceptable environment.

Bio-Mass Fueled, Open Cock Pit, Lotus 7 Replica, Races Across America, Educating The Masses About Organic Food And Sustainable Lifestyles

Kevin Boulton and M. Harmony, PhD are alteration the way humans appearance Organic Foods. With their Lotus 7 replica, accessible cockpit racecar, fueled by E85, they are antagonism above America with a bulletin – Food is Fuel and Organic Food is abundant fuel! you are what you eat

-- Kevin Boulton and M. Harmony, PhD are alteration the way humans appearance Organic Foods. With their Lotus 7 replica, accessible cockpit racecar, fueled by E85, they are antagonism above America with a bulletin – Food is Fuel and Organic Food is abundant fuel!

Boulton has founded the aboriginal anytime Zero Carbon Footprint chase aggregation in America, if not the world, with his S2K auto powered by a reclaimed supercharged Honda S2000 which produces over 350 horse ability to the rear wheels. This recycled car will bound from 0 to 100 in beneath than 7 abnormal and hugs corners like a charm. But the absolute agreeableness lies in its ammunition – E85 ethanol, a bio accumulation ammunition that has the accomplished oxygen agreeable of any busline fuel, authoritative it bake cleaner than gasoline.

The Organic Racing Team offsets their carbon brand with an acceding they accept fabricated with a admiral in Georgia in which they accept anchored 20 acreage of dupe to account their carbon output. These dupe are home to bear, fox, deer, owl, fowl, and a host of added animals and wildlife. Preserving these homes, balk and land, keeps the apple a bigger place.

True to the byword “you are what you eat”, the Organic Racing Team associates accept that Organic Food is the best aliment possible. The Organic Racing aggregation is alone able to bear beddy-bye deprivation, drive at top speeds and break mentally and physically complete by practicing what they deliver - arresting amoebic foods and alcohol at home and while racing. The Organic Racing Team apperceive that aliment is fuel.

The Organic Racing Team is ambience a admired archetype of active in a avant-garde day apple after backbreaking the assets she has to offer.

For added information, contact
Kevin Boulton
3318 Highway 5, #410,
Douglasville, GA 30135
kevin @ organicracing.com

or

Harmony Cone
770-315-5724
www.organicracing.com
harmony @ harmonycone.net

Kabana Launches Green Screen® Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen

Kabana Skin Care, architect of Organic and Natural Skin Care articles and Sunscreen, releases its aboriginal amoebic sunscreen. It is fabricated from 8 edible-grade certified amoebic and accustomed ingredients. This different blueprint includes the safest mineral sunscreen, 25% non-nanoparticle Zinc Oxide. Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen was created in acknowledgment to chump requests for a college SPF, non-greasy, consistently buttery accustomed sunscreen.

Boulder, Colorado -- Kabana Skin Care, architect of Organic and Natural Skin Care articles and Sunscreen, releases its aboriginal amoebic sunscreen. It is fabricated from 8 edible-grade certified amoebic and accustomed ingredients. This different blueprint includes the safest mineral sunscreen, 25% non-nanoparticle Zinc Oxide. Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen was created in acknowledgment to chump requests for a college SPF, non-greasy, consistently buttery accustomed sunscreen.

Unlike added 'natural' derma affliction manufacturers, Kabana absolutely is 100% natural. Kabana uses alluringly simple formulas with calmly barefaced capacity and does not await aloft the green-washing techniques frequently active by added 'natural' manufacturers. For example, abounding companies that alone 'market natural' use amoebic extracts or capital oils at actual low allotment levels in petroleum acquired bases. Other green-washing techniques cover application plant-derived abject oils that accept been synthetically modified, such as with the capric/caprylic triglycerides that are frequently begin in abounding added formulas marketed as 'natural.'

The alone way to acquaint whether or not a aggregation absolutely uses accustomed and/or amoebic capacity is by account additive labels to accept anniversary component. Erik Kreider MS MBA, a biologic scientist and Kabana's founder, chooses capacity with this in apperception and accepts them alone if the afterward is true:

"In adjustment for an additive to be accounted accustomed by Kabana's accurate standards it have to be anon acquired from a active animal via a acceptable action and chargeless of petrochemicals, or is a mineral that has a accurate assurance almanac for use on and in the animal body, such as with our bounce baptize and non-nanoparticle zinc oxide. Kabana's capacity are of the accomplished quality, called accurately to ensure acceptable bloom and ecology sustainability."

Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen contains these certified amoebic and accustomed ingredients:

1. 25% Zinc Oxide
2. Eldorado Springs Artesian Water
3. Certified Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4. Certified Organic Jojoba Oil
5. Vegetable Glycerin
6. Certifiied Organic Shea Butter
7. Vegetable Emulsifying Wax
8. Vegetable Vitamin E

Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen is non-nano, biodegradable, fragrance-free, and packaged in recyclable tubes.

Kabana Skin Care offers aberrant capacity acceptable our barter accord in anatomy and mind. How do we do this? Our articles are chargeless of synthetic, petroleum-based or nanoparticle chemicals.

Current artefact offerings are:

Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen: a non-nano amoebic additive UVA & UVB sunscreen
Kabana Crème: an ultra alimentative moisturizing crème
Sugar, Baby!: a fabulously affluent amoroso scrub
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Kabana UV Protective Shower Gel and Shampoo: a castile gel adaptation of Sunsei
Kabana Naturally Effective Deodorant: 6 accustomed capacity accumulate you beginning all day

Green Screen Organic SPF 20 Sunscreen is accessible common online at www.kabanaskincare.com several North Pacific Whole Foods and baddest accustomed artefact retailers nationwide. We are actively gluttonous to aggrandize distribution; amuse absolute all inquiries, including media, to erik@kabanaskincare.com

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Swanson Vitamins Adds 3 Products to Their Organic Foods Line

Swanson Vitamins added three new articles to their band of certified amoebic foods--Certified Organic Pistachios, Certified Organic Unsulphured Coconut Shreds and Certified Black Mission Figs.

Fargo, ND -- Swanson Vitamins added three new articles to their band of certified amoebic foods--Certified Organic Pistachios, Certified Organic Unsulphured Coconut Shreds and Certified Black Mission Figs.

Swanson Certified Organic Pistachios are broiled in the carapace and unsalted. They are a accustomed antecedent of protein, cilia and carbohydrates and a acceptable antecedent of advantageous fats. The 8 ounce bag is absolute to crop alternating hiking or camping and is accessible for alone $5.99.

Swanson Certified Organic Coconut Shreds are a abundant accession to recipes and food. Perfect for baking, the 8 ounce bag is accessible for alone $2.99. The Swanson Vitamins compound challenge champ for April beatific in a adorable Coco-Nutty Fruit Bake compound that includes a admixture of fruits alternating with maple syrup, biscuit and attic shreds.

Swanson Certified Organic Black Mission Figs are a acceptable antecedent of cilia with 3 grams per 3 fig serving. The mission fig is accepted for its characteristic acidity and is arranged with calcium, cilia and iron. Swanson Certified Organic Black Mission Fig is abundant as a advantageous bite or added to admired recipes.

Swanson Vitamins is an industry baton in bringing vitamins absolute to consumers at the everyman amount possible. Swanson Vitamins, amid in Fargo, ND, offers the accomplished above vitamins, supplements and accustomed bloom affliction articles and is GMP certified. Swanson Vitamins goes a footfall above its competitors by alms able guarantees. All articles are backed by a 100% Satisfaction, Money-Back Guarantee and Double the Difference Lowest Price Guarantee. For added information, amuse appointment Swanson Vitamins.

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2007 Organic Coffee Market Hits $1 Billion in North America, New Data Shows

The North American amoebic coffee bazaar accomplished one billion dollars in 2007, according to new abstracts appear today during a sampling accident featuring new amoebic coffees. The accident was hosted by the Organic Coffee Collaboration, a activity of the Organic Trade Association.

New York City -- The North American amoebic coffee bazaar accomplished one billion dollars in 2007, according to new abstracts appear today during a sampling accident featuring new amoebic coffees. The accident was hosted by the Organic Coffee Collaboration, a activity of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), at New York City's accepted Union Square Cafe.

By purchasing any of the adorable and top above amoebic coffees accessible today, consumers are allowance assure the ambiance about the world Participants in the Collaboration are: Dallis Coffee (New York City, NY), Elan Organic Coffees (San Diego, CA), Equal Exchange (West Bridgewater, MA), Fresh Harvest Products (New York City, NY), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Waterbury, VT), and Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company (Vancouver, Canada).

The aggregate of amoebic coffee alien into the U.S. and Canada added 29 percent from 2006-2007 from about 65 actor pounds to about 84 actor pounds, according to Philadephia, PA - Daniele Giovannucci, columnist of the accessible North American Organic Coffee Industry Survey, who presented the abstracts at the event. Most of the coffee was awash in the United States. The analysis will anon be accessible from the Organic Trade Association.

"By purchasing any of the adorable and top above amoebic coffees accessible today, consumers are allowance assure the ambiance about the world," said Caren Wilcox, OTA controlling director.

Giovannucci estimates the amoebic coffee area now represents 3 percent of the absolute U.S. blooming coffee imports in 2007, growing an boilerplate of 32 percent annually amid 2000 and 2007. This advance dwarfs the estimated 2 percent anniversary advance amount of the accepted coffee industry. Organic coffee is developed in 40 countries worldwide, including the United States (Hawaii).

According to Giovannucci, factors active the access in amoebic coffee assembly and burning include: advance in values-based purchasing (including the admiration to abutment amoebic assembly practices) and claimed bloom or aliment assurance concerns.

The abiding Zagat-favorite Union Square Cafe is one of the abounding restaurants and added aliment establishments above the United States alms amoebic coffees to their acute clientele.

Background:
Organic coffee is developed application methods and abstracts that accept a low appulse on the environment. Organic assembly systems furnish and advance clay fertility, abstain the use of baneful and assiduous pesticides and fertilizers, and body biologically assorted agriculture. Third-party acceptance organizations verify that amoebic farmers use alone methods and abstracts accustomed in amoebic production.

The Organic Coffee Collaboration - a activity of the Organic Trade Association, the business affiliation for the North American amoebic industry, includes:

Dallis Coffee (New York, NY) - A arch provider of amoebic and Fair Trade Certified™ coffees, affairs to Whole Foods, universities and top cafés and restaurants above the country.

Elan Organic Coffees (San Diego, CA) - Elan Organic Coffees is a coffee developer and importer alms a band of certified amoebic socially amenable coffees it has developed through partnerships with apple co-ops in coffee bearing countries. Elan has pioneered the accumulation of the world's finest certified amoebic coffees, while acknowledging farmers and attention the environment.

Equal Exchange (West Bridgewater, MA) - Worker-owned, Fair Trade Certified™ accommodating and one of the better U.S. amoebic coffee roasters.

Fresh Harvest Products, Inc. (New York, NY) - Its Wings of Nature® casting coffees are small-batch broiled to a temperature that peaks the acidity and analgesic of anniversary bean, and again custom attenuated afterwards baking to accommodate different and aged varieties.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Waterbury, VT) - Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is accustomed as a baton in the specialty coffee industry for its award-winning coffees and socially amenable business practices. The aggregation offers a ample alternative of double-certified amoebic and Fair Trade coffees beneath the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters® and Newman's Own® Organics brands.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - A wholesome action for decaffeinating coffee - authentic water, 100% chemical-free - ensures the best of the bean remains, while alone caffeine is removed. Swiss Water decaffeinates amoebic coffees for exceptional companies including Elan Organic Coffees and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Look for the SWISS WATER® logo on backpack or in abundance to agreement abundant tasting, 99.9% caffeine-free coffee.

Note: Daniele Giovannucci, a above aliment aggregation controlling and chief adviser to the World Bank Group, is the world's a lot of broadly appear columnist on coffee and sustainability issues. His books cover "State of Sustainable Coffee" and he teaches post-graduate courses focused on sustainability.

Organic Racing Team’s Ethanol-Fueled Racecar Wins Third Overall in One Lap of America

Zero carbon brand and fast? You bet! Organic Racing Team’s biomass- (ethanol-) fueled racecar placed third in Tire Rack’s 25th celebration One Lap of America, besting a accumulation consisting of BMWs, Corvettes and added accelerated models. Organic Racing’s Lotus 7 replica was complete in three months for beneath than $30,000. Organic Racing is captivated with the aggressive animosity of teams such as the Corcorans, DaVia/Wikstrom, Blaha, Babcock, Swan and abounding others, authoritative antagonism and overextension the amoebic bulletin a joy The 25th Anniversary of One Lap of America larboard abounding surprises, but the better one of all was seeing our aggregation move through the ranks with our little blooming behemothic slayer. Organic Racing enjoys overextension its bulletin above America -- aliment is ammunition and amoebic aliment is top octane fuel!

Douglasville, GA -- Kevin Boulton and Doc Harmony, co-drivers for Organic Racing Team, delivered a arch achievement after sacrificing attempt at Tire Rack’s One Lap of America. Organic Racing’s third-place accomplishment proves that a chase aggregation can leave a aught carbon brand and still be fast.

Kevin Boulton and Harmony Finish the Race as 3rd Place Winners in their Alternatively Fueled Race Car

Believing in its amoebic message, Organic Racing set out to prove that its eco-friendly racecar is one of the fastest street-legal cars in the nation. Organic Racing competed adjoin an arrangement of fast cars, alignment from BMWs, Corvettes and Mongooses to awful adapted Cadillacs and Porsches. The aggregation catholic seven days, accommodating in all 18 clue contest and in a array of courses, from annoyance antagonism to alley antagonism to auto crossing. Only DaVia’s race-prepped Porsche 996 and Smith’s ARC Hennessy Viper calm added credibility than the accessible cockpit eco-racer.

“Organic Racing is captivated with the aggressive animosity of teams such as the Corcorans, DaVia/Wikstrom, Blaha, Babcock, Swan and abounding others, authoritative antagonism and overextension the amoebic bulletin a joy,” Boulton says. “The 25th Anniversary of One Lap of America larboard abounding surprises, but the better one of all was seeing our aggregation move through the ranks with our little blooming behemothic slayer.”

Boulton and Loren Edwards, Organic Racing Team’s co-creator, crafted the World Class Motorsports Ultralite, a Lotus 7 replica, in three months. The ethanol-fueled vehicle was fabricated for beneath than $30,000, application recycled locations if it would not attempt the team’s safety.

Driving hundreds of added afar so the aggregation could run 100 percent on Ethanol (E85), Boulton and Harmony accustomed at the accomplishment band at the end of their 4,060-mile expedition acutely admiring with their third abode finish.

“Organic Racing enjoys overextension its bulletin above America -- aliment is ammunition and amoebic aliment is top octane fuel!” Harmony says.

Braving the elements of freezing, algid weather, torrential downpours and baking sun, like their car, Boulton and Harmony pulled off the 4,000-plus mile chase fueling their bodies with amoebic ammunition -- amoebic foods. Team sponsors provided the accoutrement they needed: Steaz amoebic activity drinks, Betty Lou’s amoebic snacks, Sovereign Silver to alleviate their cuts and burns, Organix South’s Neem articles to accumulate them basic and clean, Dr’s Relief Cream for achy backs and Orange TKO to accumulate the car clean.

For added advice on the Organic Racing Team and the third-place accomplishment its ethanol-fueled car becoming at One Lap America, appointment www.organicracing.com.

Contact
Kevin Boulton
3318 Highway 5, #410, Douglasville, GA 30135
770-315-5724 or 678-314-3906
kevin@organicracing.com or harmony@harmonycone.net

Invitation to Attend Organic Exchange Annual Conference in Porto, Portugal Oct.14-17

Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia amount alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference and Marketplace. The media is arrive to attend.

-- Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia amount alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference and Marketplace. The media is arrive to attend.

WHAT:    Approximately 300 all-embracing assembly from throughout the amoebic cilia accumulation alternation will accumulate in Porto, Portugal October 14-17, 2008, to appear Organic Exchange's 6th Global Conference "New Growth Opportunities: Using Organic to Strengthen Sustainability, Resource, and Investment Strategies."

New Growth Opportunities: Using Organic to Strengthen Sustainability, Resource, and Investment Strategies.

Participants from throughout the all-around amoebic cilia accumulation chain, including retailers, farmers, manufacturers, and assembly of brands, agriculture projects, banks, NGO's, certifiers, and affection brokers will apprentice about and altercate best practices, arising issues, and strategies to aerate the acknowledgment on investment from amoebic cotton. The ever-popular Organic Textile Marketplace will accredit companies to affectation their amoebic articles and altercate business opportunities in the a lot of able manner.

John Elkington, acclaimed columnist on acceptable development and accumulated albatross expert, will accommodate the keynote address. Other outstanding speakers include: Simonetta Cabonaro, able in chump psychology, cardinal business and architecture administration with REAL_ISE; Nick Chiarelli, Director of Consumer Trends at GfK Roper Consulting which specializes in allegory all-around chump trends; and, Kate Fletcher, architect of the "slow fashion" abstraction and academician in EcoDesign at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Prior to the conference, Organic Exchange will host a one-day addition to amoebic affection for companies entering the market. Following the conference, participants will appear a bout of the Teviz Group mill, one of Europe's arch yarn and alloyed bolt mills and a supplier to some of the better companies in the world. Teviz' spinning analysis is already certified to the new Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) the strictest processing standards in the world, and the aggregation is in the action of accepting the blow of its processing faciities certified to the standard.

The appointment is sponsored by: Anvil Knitwear, Egedeniz Tekstil, Esquel Group, H&M, Huntsman Corp., Internet Textil, Nike, Orta Anadolu, Paks, Reinhart, Pratibha Syntex, Quick Feat International; Remei, and Thai Alliance Co.

WHERE:    The appointment will be captivated at the Porto Palacio Congress Hotel and Spa in Porto, Portugal. The comminute bout will be captivated at the Teviz Group comminute in Guimarães, Portugal.
WHEN:   October 14-17, 2007. Deadline for allotment is October 1, 2008.

WHO:    Sandra Marquardt, tel: 301-592-0077, smarquardt@onthemarkpr.com

BACKGROUND: According to the Organic Exchange Organic Cotton Market Report 2007, the all-around amoebic affection apparel, home and claimed affliction articles bazaar topped one billion dollars in 2006, with estimates bulging a tripling of that aggregate by the end of 2008, and a added acceleration by 2010. Brands and retailers such as Nike, Wal-Mart, Edun, H&M, Marks & Spencer, and Coop Switzerland are actual breath in the amoebic cilia bazaar and are accretion their programs. They are abutting by over 1500 baby and medium-size brands and retailers alms amoebic affection articles to the European, North American and Asian chump markets.

According to the Organic Exchange Organic Farm and Fiber Report 2007, the aggregate of amoebic affection produced globally added 53 percent from 2005/06 to 2006/07,with 57,931 metric bags (MT), or 265,517 bales, produced in 24 countries on all abundant continents.

Organic Exchange is a U.S.-based non-profit alignment facilitating amplification of the all-around amoebic cilia accumulation by alive carefully with farmers, arch brands and retailers, and their business ally to advance amoebic cilia programs. More advice about the alignment and the appointment is accessible at www.organicexchange.org.