Q. Who owns O To Go? A. Organic To Go became a publicly traded company in February, 2007. The existing Board of Directors and management team continue to fulfill the same duties. Most of the founding team of men and women have worked together for years in the natural products industry. For more information please read our press release. Q. Is everything in our products Organic? A. In short no, however we are organic whenever possible and always natural. During our extensive tasting of great food (we have eaten a lot) we found that in most cases, but not in every case, the organic choice tasted much better, and we could buy it in a way that would keep you, our customer, happy and proud of eating whole foods. Sometimes the organic choice is not available, or is very expensive, or doesn’t taste very good; in those cases we have found natural alternatives that meet our criteria for Delicious as our number one priority. Q. What is Organic vs. Made with Organic Ingredients? A. Certified Organic food is produced without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, irradiation, or genetic engineering, and is grown within a system of organic farming that recycles resources, promotes biodiversity, and encourages a healthy environment. This is regulated by the USDA. Organic farmers use good soil management and biological practices to control pests, weeds, and plant disease. They build healthy soil, use “good insects” such as ladybugs to control “bad insects”, and control weeds through cultivation and mechanical methods, rather than apply toxic chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Healthy soil builds healthy plants that resist disease, which in turn builds healthy bodies. Made with Organic Ingredients means that that we are using Certified Organic Ingredients mixed with Natural Ingredients to meet our criteria for delicious. Q. What is Natural? A. The term “natural” means different things to different people. There are no agreed upon standards or inspections that govern the term. For Organic to Go, our “natural” food is minimally processed and free of irradiation, artificial additives, and ingredients that do not occur naturally in food such as artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, synthetic preservatives, hydrogenated oils, stabilizers, emulsifiers, growth hormones, and antibiotics. |