Do ever feel amazed at the fast pace of life in the year 2007 compared to life even just a decade ago? Information on demand, multitasking, fast food, and the ever-increasing pace of business can be downright overwhelming sometimes. The food industry is changing too. Ironically, as Americans speed up and become more worldly, we yearn for foods from a simpler time: foods produced by people we know, foods whose ingredients we can pronounce, high quality, lovingly prepared dishes with an eye toward environmental sustainability. Because consumers are demanding these things, the organics sector of the food industry is growing at an amazing rate and shows no signs of slowing down.

What Does Organic Mean?

Walk down the aisle of any large grocery store today. Nestled just around the corner from the processed foods full of dyes, chemicals and sugar we came to know and love as children, are the new organic, natural, good-for-you products. Most of them purport to be good for the environment and good for our bodies. With all the clamor about organics these days, deciding what to buy and how to cook can be confusing. It doesn’t have to be.

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