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1“Organic consumer trends 2001,” National Marketing Institute in cooperation with The Organic Trade Association. See: http://www.ota.com/consumer_trends_2001.htm

2 Cowley, G., “Should you buy organic? How new rules will affect your food, your health, the planet,” Newsweek Magazine. September 30, 2002.

3 Birkerts, E., “The local market opportunity for organic produce: An objective business analysis,” The Prairie Partners Group, LCC. September, 2002.

4 Regmi, A., “Changing structure of global food consumption and trade,” Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Trade Report. WRS-01-1. See: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/wrs011/

5 Birkerts, E., “The local market opportunity for organic produce: An objective business analysis,” The Prairie Partners Group, LCC. October, 2002.

6 Pollan, M., “Naturally,” The New York Times Magazine. June 24, 2001.

7 Clark, T., “Green apples upset cart,” Nature, April 19, 2001.
See: http://www.nature.com/nsu/010419/010419-4.html

8 McDonough B., “Bill talks back,” Conscious Choice. September 2002.

9 Newman, A., “Immigrants glimpse greener acres; a back-to-the country program for farmers in a new country,” The New York Times. October 7, 2000.

10 “Top trends in farmers’ markets growth,” American Small Farm. December, 2001.

11 Lipson, M., “Searching for the ‘o-word’: An analysis of the USDA current research information system (CRIS) for pertinence to organic farming,” Organic Farming Research Foundation. 1997. See: http://www.ofrf.org/publications/oword/oword.html

12 Sooby, J., “State of the states organic systems research at land grant institutions, 2000-2001,” Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA. 2001.
See: http://www.ofrf.org/publications/SoS/SoS.overview.page.html

13 Worthington, V., “Nutritional quality of organic versus conventional fruits, vegetables, and grains.” The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 7(2). 2001.

14 Burros, M., “Study finds far less pesticide residue on organic produce,” The New York Times. May 8, 2002.

15 Shore, D., “Good food from happy soil,” Chicago Wilderness Magazine. Fall 2002.


16 Gee, H., “Organic farming is best,” Nature.
See: http://www.nature.com/nsu/981126/981126-3.html

17 Pirog R., “Food, fuel and freeways: An Iowa perspective on how far food travels, fuel usage, and greenhouse gas emissions,” Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. June 2001.

 

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