Dr. Mercola has the most popular natural health website. His articles sometimes seem alarmist, but too often they’re just telling the pretty awful truth. Just ran into this interesting article about Dr. Shiv Chopra, a whistle blower fired from inside Health Canada (the Canadian counterpart to the FDA):
The Toxic Five: Why Are They Still in Our Food?
Love this handy list that we find in the article, the first two being USDA websites:
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- Farmers’ Markets– A national listing of farmers’ markets.
- Local Harvest – This Web site will help you find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
- Eat Well Guide: Wholesome Food from Healthy Animals — The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants, inns, and hotels, and online outlets in the United States and Canada.
- Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) — CISA is dedicated to sustaining agriculture and promoting the products of small farms.
- FoodRoutes — The FoodRoutes “Find Good Food” map can help you connect with local farmers to find the freshest, tastiest food possible. On their interactive map, you can find a listing for local farmers, CSA’s, and markets near you.
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