8 Excellent Reasons To Eat Organic Produce
Our trainers know how very important it is to keep toxins, pesticides and hormones out of our diets. The following is 8 reasons why it is so important to eat organic!
1. Organic goods meet strict standards.
A product that has been certified by Quality Assurance International has been grown and handled without the awful toxic chemicals. Quality Assurance International is a USDA authorized organic certifier.
2. It just plain tastes better!
Organic produce tastes better because it is grown on strong healthy plants in well balanced, organically fertilized soil. A study conducted by Washington State University at Pullman in 2001 demonstrated that the sweetness to acidity ratio in organically grown apples was higher than in commercially grown apples. Moreover, the fruit firmness at harvest and six months later was better than two non organic competitors.
3. Next time you meet a farmer thank him!
Organic farmers are leading the way in innovative on farm research, mostly funded by the farmers themselves. This is underway right now with farmers trying to reduce pesticide use and help farming have a minimal impact on the environment. Organic farmers are retaining wetlands and planting forage in rotation, helping our ecosystem.
4. Organic farmers are making the water and air supply safer for you!
Organic farmers to not contribute to chemical pollution or nitrogen leaching and build the soil through natural means.
5. Soil building.
A healthy food chain depends upon balanced, mineral rich soil. Factory farming and single crop farming is causing terrible erosion to the top soil and depending upon chemical fertilizers depletes the soil of trace minerals necessary for human life. Organic farmers take measures to rotate crops and put organic material back into the soil to replenish what the farming takes out.
6. Biodiversity.
One of the many downfalls of commercial farming is the loss of a large variety of species of food. Organic farmers are busy collecting and preserving seeds, brining back heirloom vegetables and providing nutritional diversity for their customers.
7. Improves your health.
The EPA has announced that 60% of all herbicides, 90% of all fungicides and 30% of all insecticides are potentially carcinogenic. Organic farmers do not used dangerous chemicals and pesticides on the foods they produce. Organic farms are also safer places to work for the farm workers due to non exposure to chemicals and synthetic pesticides.
8. Protecting our rural communities.
Half of the farm production in the U.S.A. comes from 1% of the farms. Organic farming is an alternative for the survival of the family farm and small, rural communities.
Remember not only to eat organic fruits and veggies, but organic milk, butter, cheeses, and meats. Trader Joes has an excellent selection. Even most local grocery stores have a selection of organic produce. It’s time to go back and eat the way our ancestors did.