Sound Consumer

Conventional sleeping pills can cause serious side effects. With some simple lifestyle changes, good nutrition and supplements, you can improve your quantity and quality of sleep.

Keeping portions of meat and seafood in the freezer is a great way to make sure you have healthy meal options for busy nights. Learn about PCC’s selection of frozen meat and seafood, with tips for cooking.

Seafood can be intimidating for home cooks, but it doesn’t have to be! These recipes make it easy to make fish or shrimp a weeknight staple.

A new report details the struggle of West African farmers to earn decent livelihoods, despite increasing demand for cocoa and higher prices. PCC only sells fair labor chocolate.

New research from UC Berkeley makes a strong case that organic farming can play an important, and growing, role in “feeding the world.”

The week of February 9 through 13, let’s ask President Obama to make good on his campaign promise to label genetically engineered foods.

President Obama has banned indefinitely oil and gas exploration of Alaska’s Bristol Bay to protect some of the nation’s most productive commercial fisheries.

PCC serves specialty diets · Holistic pet care · High-oleic oils · Allergens in eggs and meat · Plastics for storage and reuse · Sustainable palm oil

Pollinators prefer organic · Home cooking for health · Farmed salmon less healthful · BPA linked to blood pressure rise · EU curbs plastic bags · Antibiotic-free lunches?  · Plastic in oceans · GE banana human trials · Phthalates: lower IQs · General Mills removes “natural”

Learn about American’s rising berry consumption, innovative coffee farmers, Europe’s commitment to seafood traceability, and more.

The annual meeting is April 28. Learn about activities leading up to the board election.