Organic Connections Top 5 for 2014

1. Sweetgreen: The Future of Fast Food

With 27 locations, this healthy fast-food chain is quickly growing, to our readers’ delight. Many commented that they want a location in their hometowns ASAP, please.

2. Vina Lustado: Long Journey, Tiny House

OC readers appear to like the tiny-house movement, judging from the views these stories get on our site. This story about residential designer Vina Lustado and her company Sol Haus Design in Ojai, California, with an emphasis on sustainability, efficiency and conservation, was a big hit in 2014.

3. The Untold Story of Disappearing Seeds

Filmmaker Jon Betz talks to OC about his film that stars the humble seed—which we learn is not so humble after all.

4. Fat: It’s Not What Makes You Fat

Dr. Mark Hyman’s article on fat struck a chord with readers. With daily news about fat being good for you, then not good for you, not to mention the types of fats, we understand why this myth buster was a hit.

5. Bradford Heap: One Chef’s Rise to the Non-GMO Challenge

Readers loved this story by OC Senior Editor Radha Marcum, who met with Chef Bradford Heap at his Boulder, Colorado, restaurant, Salt, to discuss his efforts to make it a GMO-free establishment.