Why Organic?

Organic food Tastes better

Fruits and vegetables taste better without pesticies.

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Organic food is safer

Conventional farming exposes  fruits and vegetables to several pesticides and chemicals in order to avoid insect manifestations.

For milk and meat production, many conventional animals are fed growth hormones.

Occasional consumption of conventionally farmed food probably won’t to do much harm.  However, eating it at every meal amounts to an enormous amount of contaminated food that you put in your body.  It’s especially dangerous for children.  Over the course of weeks, months, years and decades, the toxins accumulate and the consequences can be drastic.

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Organic farming produces Healthy Soil

Soil is the main component to nature.  It provides us with nutritious food.

Conventional farming literally strips off its fertility due to constant exposure to inadequate conditions, excess pesticides and chemicals.

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Conventional farming risks Farmers Health

Conventional farmers are at a constant health risk.  Long term exposure to pesticides can lead to cancer, neuronal damage, birth defects and genetic mutations that will haunt future generations.

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Ecological balance and energy savings

Planting food naturally, without the use of pesticides, keeps the ecology balanced.

Chemicals used in conventional farming kill many of the microorganisms in the soil that keep it healthy.   Conventional farmers end up over farming their land, depleting it of nutrients.  Crops grown in low nutrient soil are less healthy.  Less healthy crops are more susceptible to weed overgrowth and insects.  This calls for more chemicals and fertilizer.  Not a very good cycle for anyone involved.

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Organic farming preserves diversity

The loss of a large variety of species (biodiversity) is one of the most pressing environmental concerns.  Many organic farmers have been collecting and preserving seeds, and growing unusual varieties for decades.

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Is it worth it?

Organic produce is more expensive than conventionally farmed produce.

You’re paying for healthier, better tasting and safer food.  When these one or all of these factors are removed (as they are with conventional produce), you can buy things at a discount. 

We choose to opt out of society’s crazy experiment with pesticides.