Natural/Organic Products : News brief

Industrially produced biofuels are wildly controversial but it’s very easy to produce good stuff yourself. Small businesses and even individuals are getting into producing their own biodiesel en masse. There’s even a new exchange now on which producers can sell their surplus diesel to interested parties.

Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers.

Are fabrics made of organic cotton, bamboo or seaweed intrinsically better than other materials?

Taras Grescoe talks about his new book, "Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a Vanishing World of Seafood," on eating seafood sustainably and the fishing industry in this interview from Salon.

Farmer Jim Koan is using two dozen pigs to keep the pest population in his 120 acres organic apple orchard down.

It's no longer enough to live a greener life — now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too.

In response to the blueberry yogurt recall, Gary Hirshberg issues the following letter to Stonyfield Farms customers

Haagen-Dazs is warning that the disappearing bee colonies in the United States, will affect the production of it’s ice cream. According to Haagen-Dazs, one-third of the U.S. food supply - including a variety of fruits, vegetables and even nuts - depends on pollination from bees.

S.C. Johnson will begin designating products with a special label indicating they contain fewer volatile organic compounds (VOC). The Greenlist logo, which will adorn product labels beginning this month, is based on a patented process that rates 95 percent of the raw materials used in S.C. Johnson's products.

JC Penney is working to create a designation that makes it easier for customers to identify home furnishings and accessories that J.C. Penney considers organic.