organic foods

What do you get when an economist digs into America's food culture? If the economist is Tyler Cowan, you get "An Economist Gets Lunch," in which he offers some surprising culprits for our eating woes, and some clever ways to get the best meals for less.

Buying organic can be confusing, especially if you're trying to prioritize on a frugal food budget. Should you spend extra on pesticide-free fruits and veggies? Or hormone- and antibiotic-free meat? We went to the experts to find out how to maximize the health value of your organic food budget.

Last year, grocery sales were up a modest 1.8%, yet sales of organic items more than doubled that growth rate, up 4.4%. Clearly, we're shopping differently. But are we even sure what an "organic" or "all natural" label means? It's more complicated than you might think.

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup: Kiddieland Toys Limited recalled almost 10,000 Disney Princess Plastic Racing Trikes in the U.S. and Canada...

The halo effect is in play whenever you see a person with a pocket protector and thick glasses and assume he's intelligent. It's a common human judgment error to presume that certain characteristics go together; blondes and joie d' vivre, tans and athleticism, dreadlocks and a fondness for jam-band...

Organic foods get a lot of buzz for their lack of chemical pesticides, but you can save money and avoid pesticides by buying certain conventionally grown fruits and vegetables found in the regular supermarket produce aisle. To help prioritize your food dollars, here's the current list of the...

Every time you eat a meal, you consume residues of insect killers and fungicides -- unless you eat only organic foods. Many pesticides disrupt male hormones, new research shows. Yet not everyone's budget allows for buying only organic foods, which typically (not always) are pricier, but also must...

Dairy conglomerate Dean Foods is again in the cross hairs of organic food advocates, with its Horizon brand under fire for allegedly adding a synthetic chemical to a new line of apparently USDA-certified organic milk. While Dean Foods' new Horizon Fat-Free Milk Plus DHA Omega 3, introduced on Feb....

Those irritating fees aren't going away, but over the next few years, some of them will be attached to new a la carte services that travelers may be happier to pay for. Think personal concierge services, intercity rail ticket sales -- and even in-flight spa treatments.

Whole Foods shares rose Friday after a Jeffries analyst upgraded the stock, saying the grocery's strategy of offering lower-priced items has accelerated sales while maintaining low costs.