Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?

Summers are great for getting new seasonal produce. I get really excited about all the new fruits that come into season and go on sale. Recently, my husband and I went to Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek to pick peaches. We ended up with about 5 pounds for $2 a pound. I planned on freezing some for summer smoothies and a healthy cobbler. We ended up eating all of the fruit instead.

Genetically modified foods are foods derived from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), which is from a process in a lab where genes are taken from one species and inserted into another in an attempt to obtain a desired characteristic or trait.

Genetically modified foods are foods derived from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), which is from a process in a lab where genes are taken from one species and inserted into another in an attempt to obtain a desired characteristic or trait.

QUINCY, MASS. - Tara Withington, with her two young sons in tow, combs the aisles of Hannaford Bros. Co. supermarket for what she deems healthy enough to feed her family.

Keller Williams Realty is organizing a comprehensive food drive to help feed some Kyrene families struggling financially.

Keller Williams Realty is organizing a comprehensive food drive to help feed some Kyrene families struggling financially.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. - Earthbound Farm’s fields of organic baby spinach and romaine lettuce are a living symbol of the organic food movement’s explosive growth in recent years.

Sun Devil Stadium will look like utopia to the expected 34,000 participants in P.F. Chang’s Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona Marathon and Half Marathon races Sunday.

Inside is a list of various organizations that are accepting hurricane relief donations and contributions. If you are aware of any other relief organizations or charities, please e-mail them to us.

No preservatives. No pesticides. No hormones. An increasing number of people are willing to pay more for what is not in their foods. And food manufacturers and retailers are responding.

No preservatives. No pesticides. No hormones. An increasing number of people are willing to pay more for what is not in their foods. And food manufacturers and retailers are responding.

No preservatives. No pesticides. No hormones. An increasing number of people are willing to pay more for what is not in their foods. And food manufacturers and retailers are responding.

It is a cruel irony of hard economic times that the charitable organizations struggle at the very time when their services are most in need. United Food Bank in Mesa distributes emergency food boxes to agencies across the East Valley, and demand has jumped 71 percent this fiscal year compared to 2007-08

Many shoppers are choosing to buy from organic farmers. But organic produce is generally more expensive than conventional, so when budgets are limited choices often have to be made.

Organic milk from local dairy Shamrock Farms will be on East Valley supermarket shelves within days, if it’s not already at your favorite neighborhood shopping stop.

The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa, which regularly earns top honors from international hotel raters, wants to keep guests healthy as well as wallowing in luxury.

The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa, which regularly earns top honors from international hotel raters, wants to keep guests healthy as well as wallowing in luxury.

TAMPA, Fla. - It’s not a union, but some Wal-Mart workers say it might be the next best thing. Searching for a voice in their work lives, employees of some central Florida Wal-Mart stores have formed a workers group to collectively air complaints about what they claim is shoddy treatment by the retail giant.

TRENTON, N.J. - The makers of garden products Miracle-Gro and TerraCycle are as different as mature plants and seedlings.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.