times, they all may be organic. However, which ingredients may not be organic varies due to availability and quality of organic components.

Yes. We use organic ingredients when we can. For example, some of the organic ingredients we use are cream, butter, corn syrup, ginger, and almonds.

Walnut Acres we believe you can contribute to the long-term health and well being of yourself and your family and the environment by choosing certified organic foods. Increasingly, conventional foods are made from ingredients that contain residues of toxic synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics, growth hormones and other contaminants and may be irradiated. The effects of long-term exposure to these are unknown, including the impact on the developing systems of children.

The ingredients in Karma organic food for dogs are 95% certified organic. This certification guarantees that all of the ingredients in the Karma formulas were produced without using growth stimulants or antibiotics, chemically formulated fertilizers or pesticides, or bioengineering or ionizing radiation techniques.

Most raw ingredients are certified organic. When a conventional ingredient is used, it is assayed to verify a high nutrient content, and to be pesticide and chemical free.

In a word, health. As a retired- Army-surgeon-turned-chef, with formal training in health-supportive cooking (see “About the Chef” page), my focus is health promotion and disease prevention through healthy eating. Healthy eating starts with selecting the healthiest ingredients, and the healthiest ingredients are products of organic farms. Here’s why.

It has become very popular in aromatherapy to use only organic oils. In our experience, organic may not necessarily mean better. When oils are steam distilled, offensive or harmful pesticides are left behind. The pesticide reside is too big to pass through the distillation process. The only way pesticides could get through is if plants were newly sprayed at harvest time. The likelihood of this is slim.

Organic soymilk is made with whole organic soybeans and meets the USDA certification standards. Non-organic soymilk can be made with organic or non-organic soybeans but contains other non-organic ingredients that do not allow it to achieve the percentage of organic ingredients dictated by the USDA. Some natural flavors are made with non-organic ingredients, rendering the soymilk non-organic.

Genki Foods obtains the Certified Organic grains, seeds and legumes from GrainWorks, an organic distribution company in Southern Alberta. Their primary supplier is Farmer Direct in Saskatchewan, which represents Canadian farmers. The liquid malt, molasses, grasses and spirulina are Certified Organic. The whey protein concentrate and ground malt is conventional.

Wormwood and Cloves are 100% certified USDA organic. Black Walnut is wild, handpicked from trees growing on our land. Neither we, nor any of our neighbors are using any kind of pesticides.

The ingredients are 100% Mannose, which is a rare saccharide that is naturally occurring in some plant and food substances.

BOCM PAULS is discussing with suppliers the availability and price of Cert ID approved Soyabean Meal. This material is available in quantities of between 200/400,000 tonnes when the UK requirement is 2-million tonnes. Our concern is that the Non-GMO Soyabean Meal premium is likely to increase as demand increases against a limited supply. We are discussing with retailers their exact requirements in compound feeds.

At OF&G we don’t like to say ‘better’, we like to say ‘different’. Most non-organic farmers also care about the countryside and the welfare of their animals and it would be unfair to suggest otherwise. However, we think that organic methods take care for the environment, animals and the end product to an even higher level, giving the consumer the choice to eat food produced in this sustainable way.