Monday, November 9, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
How Do I Know If My Product is Organic
What is organic food? The term is becoming more popular. In the United States for a product to claim that it is 100% organic is has to produced following legally regulated guidelines and be subject to strict testing. Typically to because of the detail involve to get the ultra healthy organic food it costs more than the fertilizer and pesticide rich alternatives.
The term organic means that the food was produced without the use of conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or sewage, and that no artificial additives to included in the process. When the term organic relates to animals like beef, the animals are free of antibiotics and growth hormones given typically to make the animals bigger.
In the beginning the only place to get organic food was from your local farmers market. Not any more. Now, family run farms are being over taken by commercial operations that produce still 100% organic food faster and meet the new demand for the products. The United States has grown by 17-20% in organic food sales in the last few years. You can now get organic products from online retailers to Wal-Mart.
In the United States, companies have to pass tough testing and regulations to call their products organic. The term certified organic means that the USDA has certified that the product in question is actually 100% organic. A farmer commercial or family run must apply for their certification. Not all organic food is certified. Food products can be organic and just not have gone through the approval process to be certified.
With the every increasing demand for organic products, more and more products are finding their way into becoming organic. Now, coffee, ice cream, and ketchup can all be found with organic labels and ingredients. There is now an overwhelming change from the overly processed foods that line our grocery stores to more all natural products.
The term all natural is not govern, so the only way to know a product is organic is to get it from a trusted source or grown it yourself. The ladder probably isn't going to happen for most of us. All natural products are not necessarily bad. They are just not going through the certification process to be considered 100% organic.
Looks for the organic label from your trusted places you buy your products. You will have to make the decision on the products that might be 70% or 35% organic. For some products that is as good as it gets for the time being. With the demand high more and more products will start becoming organic. They have to.
Natures Organic Market has low prices on organic baby clothes, organic protein bars, and more.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
New Breitling
I find Breitling watches seem to be a right of passage into watch collecting. My buddy's first watch was a Rolex which everyone thinks of when it comes to nice watches. Once you buy your first watch and start to get into it you find out how many other great brands there are that exceed the quality of a Rolex.
Once you are ready to start taking action on adding watches to your collection a Breitling watch seems to be the first choice as Breitling is one of the premier watch manufacturers.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tag Heuer Carrera Automatic Mens Swiss Mechanical Watch
Tag Heuer Carrera Automatic Mens Swiss Watch is a pure stainless steel case and bracelet. With a Black Dial with silver tone watch hands and hour markers. Ultra Luminous hands and dots at the hour markers. Date displayed at the 3 o'clock position. Automatic movement with an approximate 38-42 hour Power Reserve.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Omega Constellation Men's Mechanial Watch
Monday, January 29, 2007
Omega Men's Seamaster 300M Precision Dive Watch
It's topped by a durable aluminum unidirectional bezel in black, which is engraved with a silver graduated scale usable for the calculation of diving time. It frames a black dial background with luminous silver Dauphine hands and thick baton dial markers. Other features include a 42-hour power reserve, screw-in caseback, screw-locked crown, and scratch-resistant and glare-proofed domed sapphire crystal. It's completed by a silver stainless steel link bracelet band that offers polished highlights, which is joined by a secure deployment buckle. This adjustable band measures 7 inches in length.
Originally created in the 1750s, the first chronometers were clocks that were accurate enough to calculate the longitude of a ship's position. Today, the chronometer label is bestowed upon timepieces that have undergone precision tests and received a certificate from the official COSC (Control Officile Suisse de Chronometers) regulatory organization that rigorously tests and certifies (or fails) watch movements for chronometer status.