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Sound Consumer, June 2016

Organic is key to help feed the world

Organic agriculture is a relatively untapped resource for feeding the Earth’s population, especially in the face of climate change and other global challenges.

Organic agriculture is a relatively untapped resource for feeding the Earth’s population, especially in the face of climate change and other global challenges.

Concerns about glyphosate

Reports about the pesticide glyphosate have led a fair number of PCC members and shoppers to ask how they can avoid it in food.

Reports about the pesticide glyphosate have led a fair number of PCC members and shoppers to ask how they can avoid it in food.

Wild for salmon (and wine)

This month we’re toasting the partnership between Chinook Wines and Long Live the Kings. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate the collaboration than to feature these beautiful early-summer recipes — featuring the collaboration of wine and salmon, naturally.

This month we’re toasting the partnership between Chinook Wines and Long Live the Kings. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate the collaboration than to feature these beautiful early-summer recipes — featuring the collaboration of wine and salmon, naturally.

Choosing a nutrition bar

Unlike nutrition bars at other stores, those at PCC don’t contain artificial preservatives or high fructose corn syrup. Learn about the variety of nutrition bars we carry at PCC — whether you follow a Paleo or vegan diet, we have something for everyone!

Unlike nutrition bars at other stores, those at PCC don’t contain artificial preservatives or high fructose corn syrup. Learn about the variety of nutrition bars we carry at PCC — whether you follow a Paleo or vegan diet, we have something for everyone!

Raise a (wine) glass to protect salmon

PCC is pleased to ally with Chinook Wines to offer two exclusive blends that support Long Live the Kings in their work to restore and protect habitat for wild steelhead and salmon. Your purchase of these wines makes a difference.

PCC is pleased to ally with Chinook Wines to offer two exclusive blends that support Long Live the Kings in their work to restore and protect habitat for wild steelhead and salmon. Your purchase of these wines makes a difference.

Letters to the editor

PCC’s body care standards · Amazon Prime Now delivery · Health benefits of asparagus · Glyphosate and wheat · Supplement quality · Food waste · Customer service

PCC’s body care standards · Amazon Prime Now delivery · Health benefits of asparagus · Glyphosate and wheat · Supplement quality · Food waste · Customer service

News bites

USDA won’t regulate GE mushroom · Sugar more addictive than cocaine · Fast food and chemical exposure · Glyphosate increase · FDA proposes pork antibiotic ban · Judge rejects federal salmon plan · Dairy fat linked to lower diabetes risk · Outlook dire for Bluefin tuna · Sun for longevity · Long-term multivitamin use beneficial

USDA won’t regulate GE mushroom · Sugar more addictive than cocaine · Fast food and chemical exposure · Glyphosate increase · FDA proposes pork antibiotic ban · Judge rejects federal salmon plan · Dairy fat linked to lower diabetes risk · Outlook dire for Bluefin tuna · Sun for longevity · Long-term multivitamin use beneficial

Soil & Sea: reports from our producers

Learn how the California nut industry has been rocked with organized crime, farmland planted with GE crops has declined, the popularity of Cosmic Crisp apples is set to skyrocket, and more news from the field.

Learn how the California nut industry has been rocked with organized crime, farmland planted with GE crops has declined, the popularity of Cosmic Crisp apples is set to skyrocket, and more news from the field.

PCC Board of Trustees report

PCC Discovery Day · Election results · Thank you · Annual report message from the board

PCC Discovery Day · Election results · Thank you · Annual report message from the board

Sound Consumer, June 2016