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What You Need to Know About Buying Organic

Written on May 7, 2008

organic vegetables With the recent hype of going green and saving the environment, the environment isn’t the only thing suffering right now; people are beginning to notice declines in their health earlier in life and children and adolescents are growing at a much more alarming rate than people were just a few decades ago. The reason for this is that farmers and food companies are simply taking the easy route when selling their products to consumers and more often than not, the food that you are consuming and feeding to your families is poor quality and contains more harmful chemicals than ever before.

While buying organic may be a bit more expensive than what you are used to spending, there are many reasons to make the switch to organic meats and produce.

Organic farming is completely unlike conventional farming. Organic farmers do not use pesticides and cut out all chemicals that are used in conventional farming; because of this, organic produce is free of harsh chemicals and pesticides that could potentially contaminate our drinking water. Organic farmers also use all-natural compost materials which results in food with far more nutrients and rid of what could potentially harm your body.

Organically raised animals are not fed growth hormones that then, when consumed, go straight into your body. Growth hormones are the reason why so many children are physically growing faster than they were a few decades ago; growth hormones are used to make livestock grow bigger, faster, if you then consume that animal, the growth hormones are still intact in the meat and that is not safe for people to consume. Cows that are not raised organically are often fed remains of other cows; this is what spreads mad cow disease and it is also to blame for the health of people diminishing. These animals are also free to roam in a happy, natural atmosphere instead of being confined to small cages their entire lives; they are not killed for selling purposes; they are treated more like pets to organic farmers.

Best of all, organic food tastes a whole lot better than food that is commercially farmed. I personally have experienced this first hand. My boyfriend loves this specific brand of milk and once I bought it for the house, I looked at the label and it said that it had no artificial ingredients or growth hormones and organic food is a completely different experience.

While it may cost a bit more, buying organically is a completely different experience and quite a bit healthier than non-organically raised and farm food.

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  6. Jason on May 15th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    Thanks for the input on organics. Organic food does indeed taste better, but the environment should be of concern to us all. It says in the Bible that we are supposed to Sheppard the earth, not destroy it. Lets do our part, follow His plan and eat the food as God intended it. Free of hormones, poisons, dyes, wax, or any of the other nastiness we have been consuming for decades.

  7. Adam Pieniazek on May 17th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    Though the health benefits of organic food haven’t been proven conclusively, I wholeheartedly agree that organic food for sure tastes better. Organic kiwis from Italy sold me on the benefits of organic produce, they tasted so much better than any other kiwi I’d ever had and can’t go back to inorganic kiwis now,

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