Source: UC Davis; Certified Organic Farm

You may think you know everything about your organic food -- but you don't. There are major misconceptions about this $35 billion industry. Here are the five biggest myths about your organic food.

1. Organic products are 100% organic. The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, isn't a zero tolerance regulator. For any multi-ingredient "organic" product you pick up, from Wal-Mart to Whole Foods Market , only 95% of its contents have to be certified organic .

For the USDA, it's a matter of convenience and feasibility. Testing for 100% full compliance of anything is a regulator's worst nightmare. Additionally, some ingredients simply don't have organic options on supply. The USDA does note, however, that investigative eaters can take a closer look at the ingredients list; if a specific ingredient is labeled as "organic," then it is. And for those American agricultural complex skeptics, the European Union has its own 95% rule.

2. Organic crops aren't fertilized. There's more to your organic arugula than meets the eye. Fertilizers are used to replace necessary soil components that constant cropping removes. Nitrogen and phosphorous, specifically, are two main ingredients in the fight for fertilizer.

While the USDA forbids farmers to use sewage sludge (yes, this is actually a common non-organic addition ) or synthetic fertilizers on their organic fields, they're free to use most other fertilizer types. Among the more recognizable additives are animal manure, compost (which can include animal materials), and ash.

3. Your organic meat grazed for grub.

Source: USDA.gov

Organic meat was once an organic animal. But that doesn't mean that Mr. and Mrs. Moo spent their days grazing in the grass. While the USDA requires that animals spend at least 120 days a year munching away on organic pastures, just 30% of its nutrition must come from the pasture itself. And in the off-season, 100% of its sustenance can come from organic feed.

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Built up on the very property where Amma was born, Amritapuri is now the headquarters of Ammas worldwide mission and the spiritual home for Ammas monastic disciples and hundreds of householder devotees. All the residents have dedicated their lives for realising God and serving the world. Everyday, Ammas children from across India and abroad flock here to have Ammas darshan. She sees each and every one, listens to their worries, consoles, encourages, provides new direction to their lives.

Amritapuri is the living example of the ancient Indian ideal the whole world is one family (vasudhaiva kutumbakam). Here you will find people from all parts of the world speaking different languages and having different customs and religions all living under one roof. In their quest for the meaning of life, each has forgotten their differences and become a child of Amma.

Children, this ashram exists for the world; it belongs to you, to all the people who come here. Amma

When people come to Amritapuri Ashram for the first time, they are almost always surpriseda remote fishing village on a small island cradled between the backwaters and the Arabian Sea has become the centre of a silent spiritual revolution..

When the deep, spiritual yearning of the disciple basks in the effulgence of the Gurus grace, an ashram is born. There one grows in peace and harmony.

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Sagar Kulkarni , Oct 12, 2014, DHNS:

Prime Minister Narendra Modis stress on cleanliness has struck a chord with the residents of the ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi in this village about eight kilometres from Wardha. The residents went a step further to caution that the Swachha Bharat campaign should not be confined to a few days. Modi has picked up one of Gandhiji's many messages. The cleanliness campaign should not be a one-off affair. It should be part of daily life, octogenarian Kusumtai Pande, who has been a resident of the Ashram since 1945, told Deccan Herald.

Modi has taken the cleanliness drive to election campaigns. He has been exhorting the audience at his massive rallies across Maharashtra to maintain cleanliness at the venue and dispose of waste paper, empty water and bottles in garbage bins.

There are about 12 residents in the Ashram and each is assigned a specific task to keep the sprawling campus clean. Pande cleans the Bapu Kuti, which was home to Gandhi.

Modi had also appealed to the schools to carry out cleanliness drive for six days from the birth anniversaries of late Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14) to that of Indira Gandhi (November 19), in what was seen as a bid to poach on Congress icons.

Modi had visited Bapu Kuti and paid tribute to the Mahatma.

He wrote in Gujarati that Gandhi was not just a human being but a thought.

Sevagram Ashram was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 after he left Sabarmati on conclusion of his salt satyagraha. This was his home in his last years. Gandhi left Sevagram in 1946 for a tour of the country which took him to places such as Naokhali, now in Bangladesh, and later to Delhi, where he was killed.

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The Gandhi Ashram has organised an exhibition of paintings by artist Haku Shah to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The exhibition of paintings by 80-year-old Mr Shah -- titled "Nitya Gandhi: Living Re-living Gandhi" -- explores the various narratives that emerge from the Mahatma's life; political, religious and spiritual.

Known for his folk-themed paintings, Mr Shah is among the nation's renowned artists and is also a recipient of Padma Shri award. The exhibition was inaugurated by K G Subramanyan, an eminent and versatile modern art artist. Mr Shah was an early student of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the MS University, Vadodara, where N S Bendre and K G Subramanyan were among his teachers.

"His concern for the tribal and folk art had a more human quality; the artisan or the craftsman as a human being was his focus and the art was its by-product. There you can see the Gandhi in him, in the concern for the lowest person," says artist Amit Ambalal.

In Mr Shah's canvases, the images of Gandhi making salt or spinning yarn, with their vigour and abandon, surprise art historian S Kalidas. Curator Amrit Gangar celebrates the return of the colour white which underlines the austerity of the painter and his subject while the depiction of Bapu without a deh or body reminds writer Tridip Surhud of the impermanence of all form.

The paintings are replete with plain symbolism of still life objects that bring alive Gandhi's working of the mind.

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Earlier this month, Zen Studios announced a collaboration with South Park Studios to bring two tables to its Zen Pinball platform. Today, we get our first look at silver salty balls.

The first table, South Park Super Sweet Pinball is a fan service-filled experience that includes nods to a number of classic episodes. The visitors, Terrence and Philip, Sexual Harrassment Panda, Chef, Sarcastiball, and more make appearances on the table. Oh, and watch out for ManBearPig.

The second features the loveable goof Butters. Based on the episode starring Butters (along with the terrible and amusing theme song), this table of course also features Professor Chaos. Of course, no villain is complete without heroes to thwart him. Mysterion, The ***, and the rest of the team shows up.

The two-pack will be out this week for $4.99 on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Vita, PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Amazon devices.

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