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Wal-Mart has begun removing an "organic" insecticide from its shelves after allegations that the insecticide isn't what it claims to be. The product, Bio Block, was labeled and sold as an organic pest controller, but a complaint by an advocacy group challenged the product labeling -- asserting the...

There's a scene from the old John Candy movie Summer Rental in which Candy and his family order a dish called "Sully's Catch of the Day" at a seaside restaurant. The dish is advertised as being freshly caught, lightly breaded and sautéed grouper, but it turns out, it's just frozen fish...

Children are known for being curious. They remember the products you purchase, use extensively, and take special note of the items you loathe and throw away with disgust. All of these observances come in handy when they head off to college and/or start life on their own. But the real question is...

When we consider the rogue's gallery of devilish, over-sized, greedy and disproportionately powerful corporations, we generally come up with outfits like Microsoft, Bechtel, AIG, Halliburton, Goldman-Sachs, Exxon-Mobil and the United States Senate. Yet somehow, Monsanto, arguably the most devilish,...

When First Lady Michelle Obama planted an organic vegetable garden on the White House lawn in March 2009, she hoped to both set an example of healthy eating and to grow tasty edibles for her daughters and husband. But Michelle's organic dream has been dashed by a nasty toxic legacy lurking in the...

Angelenos may live in a state with the worst budget crisis of the moment, but at least they pay less for organic groceries than other big cities. At least that's the finding of a pricing study from IBISWorld. The study looked at three product categories: Private label or store brands, commercial...

Consumers, Dean Foods (DF) discovered, are a little put off by the term "organic." A survey by the Shelton Group found that consumers believed that "natural" is a greener descriptor than "organic," that "natural" is federally regulated -- and that "organic was just a fancy way of saying...

Safeway (NYSE: SWY) is out to prove that the term "private label" is up for a revised, new and improved, economy edition. The chain yesterday announced that it had reached agreements to market its "O" organics and "Eating Right" store brand products at Albertson's, ShopRite and Exito supermarkets...

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. A local farmer and friend, Chrissie Zaerpoor, is known as one of the new farming celebrities. She raises truly free-range chickens for meat and eggs, and grass-fed dairy cows, and...

What's Out: Buying Organic. Pregnant with my first child about four years ago, I did what most first-time parents do: I boned up on baby books. I also started to obsess about food and where it came from. Was the animal grass-feed and allowed to roam free? Was this pear sprayed with pesticides? Did...