Organic food and kashrut From: Washington Jewish Week | Date: June 29, 2006| Author: Leibel, Aaron | Copyright Washington Jewish Week Jun 29, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Organic food and kashrut

Author sees similar underlying ethical concerns

There is a common spiritual underpinning to organic foods and kashrut.

"The whole premise of organic food is how it is produced, and this overlaps with [being] kosher," says Samuel Fromartz, the author of Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew (Harcourt Books, 2006). "A basic concept is that food should be produced to protect human, animal and the planet's health. The premise of organic food ...

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