Healthy Homes Asia

Food is labeled organic when it has been grown, raised, harvested and packaged without the use of harmful chemicals, such as fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, growth hormones or antibiotics.

Organic also means the produce has not been genetically modified. When we choose organic we not only look after the health of our own body and immune system but also the health of our family, the health of our soil and the health of our planet.

The best way to get organic food is to grow it yourself (but watch out if the local council sprays the streets for mosquitoes or other bugs near your garden as happens in some parts of Asia). If that’s not an option, try your local grocer, farmers market, or search the internet for a company that delivers organic produce to your door.

Is this a challenge for you where you live? What would it take to get in touch with a supplier, generate a cooperative, or grow your own? Do you have some knowledge about what’s happening in your area you could share with others?

We have compiled a summary of each country's organic certification laws, regulations and other systems, including examples of stamps or marks indicating certification to make it as easy as possible for you to shop locally.

We have included definitions used in main English speaking countries to help you compare certification systems.


Australia - http://www.organicguide.com/australia/organic-certification-and-labelling-in-australia/

Canada -http://www.organicguide.com/canada/organic-certification-and-labelling-in-canada/

New Zealand - http://www.organicguide.com/new-zealand/organic-certification-and-labelling-in-new-zealand/

United Kingdom and Ireland - http://www.organicguide.com/uk-ireland/organic-certification-and-labelling-in-the-uk-and-ireland/

United States - http://www.organicguide.com/united-states/organic-certification-and-labelling-in-the-united-states/

Japan

Korea (Republic of)

Coming soon China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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The internet provides easy access to health and wellbeing products and services your body requires from around the world, regardless of where you live. The exception is agricultural products. Not only do quarantine laws restrict what you can import from another country, storing and transporting food long distances is not great for either the food, or the environment.

The term Locavore was coined in 2005 to mean people committed to eating only what is grown locally and not transported long distances. Some consider a 100-kilometer radius of their location as the limit. Nutrition is highest in fresh food, and the planet suffers least when we grow and eat food locally.

What would it take for you to find the fresh, organically grown food our bodies require near where you live, regardless of language challenges?

It might just take a question...