UNDER CONSTRUCTION: 30 NOVEMBER, 2004
This collection should be completed over the course of
the next few months. It will be extensive when finished.
Bibliography (large, extensive) produced by the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland USA.
This bibliography focuses specifically on the nutritive value of organically produced foods: vitamin and mineral content, as well as related chemical constituents. With the exception of a handful of references to publications that deal with the general relationship of soil qualities and crop composition, each document cited contains at least some information about nutrients found in food as related to organic production. Most items deal with research results; several are overviews of literature or research, or are opinion pieces. Many compare organic foods with those conventionally produced. Downloads as a PDF of approximately 230 kb.
Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food Through Organic Farming and Food Processing. Charles M. Bembrook, PhD. The Organic Center for Education and Promotion, January 2005.
A thorough study, 81 pages, full scientific rigour, downloads as a PDF of 1.57 mb.
Fact Sheet from the Soils Association, Bristol, UK. 2004
A brief statement of the pluses for organically grown foods, with some bibliographic entries. Downloads as a PDF of approximately 160 kb.
Long-Term Field Experiment in Sweden: Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Soil Fertility and Crop Quality. (In Proceedings of an International Conference in Boston, Tufts University, Agricultural Production and Nutrition, Massachusetts March 19-21, 1997.) by Artur Granstedt & Lars Kjellenberg.
Downloads as a PDF of about 220 kb. Graphs and charts.
Effect
of Diets Based on Foods from Conventional versus Organic Production
on Intake and Excretion of Flavonoids and
Markers of Antioxidative Defense in Humans. LISBETH GRINDER-PEDERSEN,
SALKA E. RASMUSSEN, SUSANNE BU¨ GEL, LARS V. JØRGENSEN,
LARS O. DRAGSTED, VAGN GUNDERSEN, AND BRITTMARIE SANDSTROM. J.
Agric. Food Chem. 2003, 51, 5671-5676 5671
Downloads as a PDF of about 64 kb. Graphs and charts.
MICRONUTRIENTS. Lindsay H. Allen.
2020 Focus 5 (Health and Nutrition Emerging and Reemerging
Issues in Developing Countries), Brief 10 of 11, February
2001
Downloads as a PDF of 98 kb.
INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION. Mercedes de Onis. 2020 Focus 5 (Health and Nutrition Emerging and Reemerging Issues in Developing Countries), Brief 6 of 11, February 2001
Downloads as a PDF of 85 kb.
The Green Revolution and Nutrition. Author unknown.
Study primarily of the adverse effects of the green revolution in India. Downloads as PDF of 225 kb.
Organic foods in relation to nutrition and health: key facts. Medical News Today. 11 Jul 2004, UK
Downloads as a PDF of 110 kb.
"Nutrition and Biodynamics:Evidence for the Nutritional Superiority of Organic Crops." Virginia Worthington MS, ScD, CNS. Biodynamics, v.224, Jul/Aug, 1999.
Downloads as a PDF of 188 kb.
"Organic
Foods vs Supermarket Foods: Element Levels." Bob L. Smith.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED NUTRITION, VOL 45-
1, 1993. PDF.
FOCUS ON ORGANIC FOOD QUALITY - FEEDING TRIALS. SHANE HEATON. PDF