Shopping organic at the grocery store

Gigi Lee Chang, CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, shares advice for parents on how to tell if food at the grocery is organic and how healthy the food is
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Shopping organic at the grocery store

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When you are in a supermarket and you are looking for organic product, look for the USDA certified organic fill, which means that at least 95% of ingredient in that product is certified organic. You can also find other products that are labeled such as made with organic ingredients and that means that up to 70% of the ingredients in that product are certified organic. So it's important to understand the distinction and if possible, look for the seal. As far as fruits vegetables and produce, look for number 9 on the stickers that you see on the fruit and vegetables and number 9 means it has been grown with organic practices and therefore it is certified organic. As far as meats, it's important to really look at the way that the meat has been raised and how it's been fed. So look for grass fed, look for wild fish, because any other meat or fish that have been farmed, you don't necessarily know what these been fed and they may have been fed conventional grain and seed.

Gigi Lee Chang, CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, shares advice for parents on how to tell if food at the grocery is organic and how healthy the food is

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Gigi Lee Chang

Former CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World

Gigi Lee Chang is the CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, a national non-profit organization which empowers parents to protect their children from harmful chemicals. She is a frequent speaker on various topics, including children’s health, food and nutrition, as well as socially conscious/sustainable business practices and entrepreneurship and was awarded “Brand Innovator 2008” and “2010” by Brand Packaging. In addition, Gigi has been featured in over 250 national and regional media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, MORE magazine, Yogi Times, KIWI Magazine, Cookie, Parenting, OK! Weekly, Celebrity Baby Blog, TODAY Show, Newsweek and Time Out New York Kids. Gigi is also the Founder of Plum Organics and on the advisory boards of Environmental Media Association (EMA), Pregnancy Awareness Month (PAM), International Baby Planners Association (IBPA) as well as Friends of Baby Buggy.

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When you are in a supermarket and you are looking for organic product, look for the USDA certified organic fill, which means that at least 95% of ingredient in that product is certified organic. You can also find other products that are labeled such as made with organic ingredients and that means that up to 70% of the ingredients in that product are certified organic. So it's important to understand the distinction and if possible, look for the seal. As far as fruits vegetables and produce, look for number 9 on the stickers that you see on the fruit and vegetables and number 9 means it has been grown with organic practices and therefore it is certified organic. As far as meats, it's important to really look at the way that the meat has been raised and how it's been fed. So look for grass fed, look for wild fish, because any other meat or fish that have been farmed, you don't necessarily know what these been fed and they may have been fed conventional grain and seed.