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Reduce The Toxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and
our Bodies
Buying organic food promotes a less toxic environment for all living things. Yes organic food is more expanseive,but what value do you put on your health.
Our bodies are the environment so supporting organic agriculture doesn't just benefit your family. Iit helps all families live less toxic.
2. Reduce if Not Eliminate Off Farm Pollution
Industrial agriculture doesn't singularly pollute farmland and farm workers; it also wreaks havoc on the environment downstream. . Synthetic fertilizer drifting downstream is the main culprit for dead zones in delicate ocean environments..
3. Protect Future Generations
Before a mother first nurses her newborn, the toxic risk from pesticides has already begun. Studies show that infants are exposed to hundreds of harmful chemicals in utero.. According to the National Academy of Science, aœneurologic and behavioral effects may result from low-level exposure to pesticides. Studies show that pesticides can adversely affect the nervous system, increase the risk of cancer, and decrease fertility.
4. Build Healthy Soil
Mono-cropping and chemical fertilizer dependency has taken a toll with a loss of top soil estimated at a cost of $40 billion per year in the U.S. Alsoadd to this an equally disturbing loss of micro nutrients and minerals in fruits and vegetables. Feeding the soil with organic matter instead of ammonia and other synthetic fertilizers has proven to increase nutrients in produce, with higher levels of vitamins and minerals found in organic food.
5. Taste Better and Truer Flavor
Scientists now know what we eaters have known all along: organic food often tastes better. When you taste organic vegetables your taste buds will know the difference. Now new research verifies that some organic produce is often lower in nitrates and higher in antioxidants than conventional food. Well let the organic feasting begin!
6. Assist Family Farmers of all Sizes
According to Organic Farming Research Foundation, as of 2006 there are approximately 10,000 certified organic producers in the U.S. compared to 2500 to 3,000 tracked in 1994. Measured against the two million farms estimated in the U.S. today, organic is still tiny. Family farms that are certified organic farms have a double economic benefit: they are profitable and they farm in harmony with their surrounding environment. .
7. Avoid Hasty and Poor Science in Your Food
Cloned food. GMOs and rBGH. Oh my! Interesting how swiftly these food technologies were rushed to market, when organic fought for 13 years to become federal law. Eleven years ago, genetically modified food was not part of our food supply; today an astounding 30 percent of our cropland is planted in GMOs. Organic is the only de facto seal of reassurance against these and other modern, lab-produced additions to our food supply, and the only food term with built in inspections and federal regulatory teeth.
8. Eating with a Sense of Place
Whether it is local fruit, imported coffee or artisan cheese, organic can demonstrate a reverence for the land and its people. No matter the zip code, organic has proven to use less energy (on average, about 30 percent less), is beneficial to soil, water and local habitat, and is safer for the people who harvest our food. Eat more seasonably by supporting your local farmers market while also supporting a global organic economy year round. It will make your taste buds happy.
9. Promote Biodiversity
Visit an organic farm and you’ll notice something: a buzz of animal, bird and insect activity. These organic oases are thriving, diverse habitats. Native plants, birds and hawks return usually after the first season of organic practices; beneficial insects allow for a greater balance, and indigenous animals find these farms a safe haven. As best said by Aldo Leopold, “A good farm must be one where the native flora and fauna have lost acreage without losing their existence.†An organic farm is the equivalent of reforestation. Industrial farms are the equivalent of clear cutting of native habitat with a focus on high farm yields.
10. Celebrate the Culture of Agriculture
Food is a language that is spoken in every culture. The language of organic allows for an important cultural revolution whereby diversity and biodiversity are embraced. Also chemical toxins and environmental harm are radically reduced, if not eliminated. The simple act of saving one heirloom seed from extinction.n. Organic is not necessarily the most efficient farming system in the short run. It is slower, harder, more complex and more labor-intensive. But for the sake of culture everywhere, from permaculture to human culture, organic should be celebrated at every table.
Your taste buds can tell the difference! You will enjoy your food once more. You will also find you are using far less salt that you did before. We need to help save Planet Earth Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to Crazy Pete's Organic Gardening to learn more.
.
Buying organic food promotes a less toxic environment for all living things. Yes organic food is more expanseive,but what value do you put on your health.
Our bodies are the environment so supporting organic agriculture doesn't just benefit your family. Iit helps all families live less toxic.
2. Reduce if Not Eliminate Off Farm Pollution
Industrial agriculture doesn't singularly pollute farmland and farm workers; it also wreaks havoc on the environment downstream. . Synthetic fertilizer drifting downstream is the main culprit for dead zones in delicate ocean environments..
3. Protect Future Generations
Before a mother first nurses her newborn, the toxic risk from pesticides has already begun. Studies show that infants are exposed to hundreds of harmful chemicals in utero.. According to the National Academy of Science, aœneurologic and behavioral effects may result from low-level exposure to pesticides. Studies show that pesticides can adversely affect the nervous system, increase the risk of cancer, and decrease fertility.
4. Build Healthy Soil
Mono-cropping and chemical fertilizer dependency has taken a toll with a loss of top soil estimated at a cost of $40 billion per year in the U.S. Alsoadd to this an equally disturbing loss of micro nutrients and minerals in fruits and vegetables. Feeding the soil with organic matter instead of ammonia and other synthetic fertilizers has proven to increase nutrients in produce, with higher levels of vitamins and minerals found in organic food.
5. Taste Better and Truer Flavor
Scientists now know what we eaters have known all along: organic food often tastes better. When you taste organic vegetables your taste buds will know the difference. Now new research verifies that some organic produce is often lower in nitrates and higher in antioxidants than conventional food. Well let the organic feasting begin!
6. Assist Family Farmers of all Sizes
According to Organic Farming Research Foundation, as of 2006 there are approximately 10,000 certified organic producers in the U.S. compared to 2500 to 3,000 tracked in 1994. Measured against the two million farms estimated in the U.S. today, organic is still tiny. Family farms that are certified organic farms have a double economic benefit: they are profitable and they farm in harmony with their surrounding environment. .
7. Avoid Hasty and Poor Science in Your Food
Cloned food. GMOs and rBGH. Oh my! Interesting how swiftly these food technologies were rushed to market, when organic fought for 13 years to become federal law. Eleven years ago, genetically modified food was not part of our food supply; today an astounding 30 percent of our cropland is planted in GMOs. Organic is the only de facto seal of reassurance against these and other modern, lab-produced additions to our food supply, and the only food term with built in inspections and federal regulatory teeth.
8. Eating with a Sense of Place
Whether it is local fruit, imported coffee or artisan cheese, organic can demonstrate a reverence for the land and its people. No matter the zip code, organic has proven to use less energy (on average, about 30 percent less), is beneficial to soil, water and local habitat, and is safer for the people who harvest our food. Eat more seasonably by supporting your local farmers market while also supporting a global organic economy year round. It will make your taste buds happy.
9. Promote Biodiversity
Visit an organic farm and you’ll notice something: a buzz of animal, bird and insect activity. These organic oases are thriving, diverse habitats. Native plants, birds and hawks return usually after the first season of organic practices; beneficial insects allow for a greater balance, and indigenous animals find these farms a safe haven. As best said by Aldo Leopold, “A good farm must be one where the native flora and fauna have lost acreage without losing their existence.†An organic farm is the equivalent of reforestation. Industrial farms are the equivalent of clear cutting of native habitat with a focus on high farm yields.
10. Celebrate the Culture of Agriculture
Food is a language that is spoken in every culture. The language of organic allows for an important cultural revolution whereby diversity and biodiversity are embraced. Also chemical toxins and environmental harm are radically reduced, if not eliminated. The simple act of saving one heirloom seed from extinction.n. Organic is not necessarily the most efficient farming system in the short run. It is slower, harder, more complex and more labor-intensive. But for the sake of culture everywhere, from permaculture to human culture, organic should be celebrated at every table.
Your taste buds can tell the difference! You will enjoy your food once more. You will also find you are using far less salt that you did before. We need to help save Planet Earth Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to Crazy Pete's Organic Gardening to learn more.
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