As the world shifts to a more stable and sustainable future, organic farms, farming, families, ways of life, food and even clothing are taking the spotlight. But what does it mean this “organic” word? Does it mean that the food taste nasty, bland perhaps? Some people think that this word means that the food has been messed with and will no longer taste as good as it used too. The only problem with that thought is that it is absolutely wrong! In fact organic food has NOT been messed with, the food that you probably normally eat is the food that has been messed with and severely messed with at that. In fact you probably don’t even realize that you are not eating food as it was meant to be eaten or how it was originally eaten in this world by humans. The word organic actually means foods that have not been grown in soil that is contaminated with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or any unnatural chemical. It means the food is clean and grown all natural, no steroids or growth hormones, nothing that is poison to your body. In short organic food is the healthiest food for you.
Organic food is loaded with its natural vitamins, minerals and nutrients that regular food is lacking due to how it is grown and processed. This same saying can be applied to meat as well. All natural “ASH” free meat is clean and has not been tainted with, it is in its most natural state where the farmer has not given the animal steroids, antibiotics, or grown hormones. Furthermore the animal was allowed to roam free and eat the natural food that God created it for. An example of this is cows that are allowed to roam in their pastures and eat only what grows from the ground, herbivores. “ASH” laden cows are fed corn, a diet that they cannot digest properly. So that takes us the top ten reasons to buy and eat all organic food:
1-Organic food meets stringent standards; organic farms are inspected at least once a year.
2-Organic food taste great because it is grown better and picked and shipped promptly.
3-Organic food is healthy, the healthiest in fact because it is not exposed to man made chemicals and generally contains more vitamins and nutrients than non-organic food.
4-Organic food contains no genetically modified ingredients; these are prohibited in organic foods.
5-Organic food is safer for children, they typically eat more fruits and veggies than adults and so are exposed more to the chemicals that they don’t need in regular foods.
6-Organic farmers preserve and build healthy soil; this is the building foundation of the food chain!
7-Organic farmers preserve the water supply, no chemicals to run off into the water table.
8-Organic farmers preserve plant diversity, modern farming does not, and they want less diversity so they can control the food industry easier.
9-Organic farmers preserve species diversity; they include forage crops in rotation and retain fence rows, wet lands and other natural areas.
10-Organic farming helps keep rural communities healthy, the USDA has reported that half of farm production comes from only about 2% of farms and 650,000 family farms lost in the last decade, the local community support/buyers can serve as a critical lifeline.
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