Concern – the natural ecological environment 
Experience – Organic Healthy Living 

The fifth OCEX the show concept, this exhibition will bring together organic food and green food, organic cosmetics, organic textiles, natural fibers, environmental protection and recycling companies to show a focused exhibition and promotion. 

OCEX Introduction

The People’s Republic of China by the Ministry of Commerce approved by the Ministry of Commerce Trade Development Bureau, the food group, 3 Lee Advertising and Exhibition Co., Ltd. co-sponsored the Fifth China International Fair for organic food and green food will be in October 2009, 20-22 China International Trade Center in Beijing, was held. 

 COFCO is China’s largest grain and oil food import and export business and the strength of the food manufacturers in the agriculture, food production and processing and food import and export industry occupies the leading position. OCEX a good background in the resource base, after a four-year accumulation, bringing together the resources and channels for the organic industry by strictly controlling the qualification exhibitors, attracted from home and abroad hundred organic food and green food production enterprises, distribution enterprises, certification bodies, information service institutions, associations groups with their own products, the project came to show, in particular, organic food and green food in China developed rapidly in areas such as Beijing, northeast China, Shandong, Jiangxi and other places have participate in the exhibition in the organic industry has set a professional exhibition’s lead. 

The  Fifth OCEX will be concerned about – the natural ecological environment and experience – an organic concept of healthy living exhibition, bringing together organic food and green food, organic cosmetics, organic textiles, natural fibers, environmental protection and recycling companies to show a focused exhibition and promotion. Exhibition will be held over the same period a series of professional activities: “Organic food and green food Trade Development Forum”, “China Organic Feast,” “Wine and Food Festival”, organic eco-tourism, professional exhibitions to promote activities to enrich the content. Trying to build through a series of professional activities of organic food and green food suppliers, buyers exchanges and cooperation in the bridge give full play to the Ministry of Commerce Trade Development Bureau, COFCO and other authoritative institutions and corporate giants advantage of the resources and channels to help overseas organic food enterprises to expand the Chinese market, looking for production and processing enterprises and agents, through a professional’s global campaign to bring overseas pavilions and buyers to assist the Chinese organic, green food enterprises to expand international and domestic markets.

With organic food, organic products in China, the rise of COFCO as an industry pioneer, will be at this show with the domestic and international organic industry colleagues to seize this good opportunity to jointly promote the development of China’s organic industry, to allow more consumer awareness of organic products, the use of organic products, will also love life, love implanted in the hearts of the earth’s environmental philosophy.

An oasis in a Beijing suburb, the organic farm’s modest 6 acres boast pepper and tomato plants, fields of corn and wheat, and sunflower patches that pop up in between. Two rotund cows chomp on grasses; under a grove of fruit trees, three young pigs slurp water.

Restaurateur and environmentalist Lejen Chen started Green Cow with her husband in 2004, fearful of the pesticides, chemical fertilizers and sewage sludge used in the cultivation of most domestic produce.

The problem, she says, is making sure that farmers stick to those standards, and ensuring that there are enough authorities to adequately monitor producers who claim their food is organic — a tall order in a country where toxic, heavy-metal-filled sewage sludge is the cheapest, most easily accessible fertilizer around.

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture certifies organic products, and its popular “Green Food” label, which designates food produced with restricted amounts of agricultural chemicals, can be seen on products such as fruit, noodles, tea and even beer. The ministry also labels genetically modified food, something the United States does not do.

Although shoppers’ enthusiasm may run high, organic agriculture will need to expand, and become more accessible, before being embraced by the skeptical penny-pincher.

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Is Organic Food Really Benefit for Our Health

Organic Agriculture and Our Life

The controversial findings touched a raw nerve.

Who is right? And even if organic food is no more nutritious than other produce, does that comprehensively torpedo the case for buying it?

The purpose of the FSA study was to clear up the confusion once and for all. Led by Alan Dangour, a public health nutritionist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, researchers sifted some 50 years of studies into organic food, analysing nutritional reviews of fruit, vegetables, dairy products and meat.

The FSA researchers do acknowledge higher levels of some beneficial nutrients in organic compared with nonorganic foods. In organic vegetables the research recorded 53.7% more beta-carotene — which is believed to help protect against heart disease and cancer — as well as 38.4% more flavonoids, 12.7% more proteins and 11.3% more zinc.

According to a study, organic food on average costs 60% more than ordinary produce. But there are huge variations, depending on the product: it may be as little as 10% more, or as much as three times the price.

What is organic agriculture?
The term “organic” is defined by law (see “Legal” section below), as opposed to the labels “natural” and “eco-friendly”.Organic agriculture is defined as “an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity.

Organic agriculture prohibits the use of synthetic herbicides and pesticides, genetically-modified organisms or synthetic fertilizers. Growth hormones, antibiotics and slaughter by-products are not allowed in organic livestock production. Federal organic rules prohibit the use of sewage sludge (biosolids) or irradiation.

Marketing
Both people own health, as well as the health of the environment, motivates consumers to pay a higher price for organic foods.  According to the Organic Trade Association, the market for organic products has increased by 20% per year for the past 12 years. Organic products are found in mainstream supermarkets as well as specialty natural food stores.

China Organic Agriculture
In the past, farmers have tried to increase yields with modern nitrate-based fertilizers, but this has had damaging side-effects on soil health. ‘The return to more natural farming methods for organic production would allow the land to recover and would be a plus to the environment.Organic production has attracted over the past years an increasing political recognition by the Chinese government for its role in protecting the environment.The China Greenfood Development Centre (CGFDC) was established in 1992 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture.CGFDC formulates programme, policies and plans for developing Green Food; it also administers the use of the Green Food label and organizes the formulation of the various standards for Green Food.

The benefit of organic food for our health
A growing number of consumers, and especially those dealing with chronic illness, are switching to organic food.Organic foods are a simple way to reduce an individual’s toxin burden of pesticides and food additives, increase their nutrient intake, and perhaps alter their consumption patterns away from less healthy choices.Organic food isn’t a luxury. It’s how food’s supposed to be, and a valuable part of any regimen intended to maintain, improve, or restore health.