Why Organic food

Why Organic food

         Organic food is any type of food that is not chemical fertilized or the uses pesticides. In other words food that doesn’t have any chemicals used to make it grow faster or prevent any type of disease or pest. In order for organic food to actually be organic it has to have a special certification. USDA Organic is the most famous agency that gives the special certifications. Pesticides are a chemical that are used for destroying or preventing pests. Chemical fertilizers are any type of chemical that is used to increase the speed the food is growing. Organic food in the United States is the fastest growing sector of the American food industries. Eating organic food is much better for you. For a food to be organic it has to be at least 95% made out of organic food. The taste on organic food is not always different than what we call normal food. Organic food also gives you a less chance of getting cancer. It’s always good to eat vegetables and fruits. Organic food is much more expensive because the farmers take more time to make it and use only natural products. For example organic milk in order for it to be organic the cow feed has to be natural and produced without pesticides or chemical fertilizers and the milk must be milked by hand so therefore the seller sells it more expensive because they work harder to make it. Eating organic food isn’t just helping you its also helping the environment by not releasing chemicals into the air or polluting our water. Organic farmers help rural communities keep healthy and also work in harmony with nature. Organic food can help you in many ways. If you decided to use it its your choice. But if you want to get healthier eat organic food.

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Procedures and Concerns

Why are we going organic?

So why are we going organic? Truth is that most people should consider this. Reasons to believe, it's healthier, it's less of a worry for counting the pros or cons of your diet and that it can even elongate your lifespan. 

But there is a little bit of a downside to the organic lifestyle. Sometimes it’s a little more expensive just due to the procedures and certification that has to be done in order for it to be released to the public health. If the label on the foods, or the seller has Export and Import of Organic Products, CCOF, OCIA, or licensure through National Organics Program (NOP), you’re probably in the clear for edible materials. The basics of an organic market have to be made legal by several different certifications coming from the owner of the livestock or crops. That means that milk or eggs that are being labeled as organic have to be from a hen or cow that has not been injected with hormones, pesticides, or any other enhancement activity that is considered to help the growth rate of the productivity.

When it has to come to crops such as grains, vegetables or fruits. Whatever group is growing and selling it has to become certified with the USDA for low to no pesticide treatment. There has to be a lot of control going on with the growth of a crop to keep any pests or infections that could harm a consumer. Commonly it is too expensive or too much of an energy loss to control this so it is much less common for crop growers that livestock distributers. Many grocery stores sell both organic and treated foods. The latter is a larger selection that organic but it is usually always there. Fruit has an even lower commercial organic rate because it is almost impossible to grow fruit without pesticides. All sorts of bugs, viruses, and animals can and will get to ready fruit that is there for the taking.

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Why should we go organic?

Why should we go organic? 

More and more people are becoming obese because of all the fatty foods they eat. Most people usually don't want to cook after a long day at work so they go out and eat fast food. Fast food restaurants are becoming more popular because nobody wants to cook so they choose the unhealthy path. Other things that are causing people to become obese or unhealthy is that the prices for healthier food are increasing and for the junk food they are decreasing. Nobody wants to spend a lot of money on something healthy, so they take the easy way out and spend less on foods that are bad for you. Taxes are also raising, which makes it harder to buy healthier food. Our country needs to start taking healthier food into consideration because more of our population is becoming lazy, obese and mentally ill, all because of unhealthy foods. If we would lower taxes and lower the prices of healthy foods then more people would get the hint that we need to care about our health. Going organic can help with these problems. Organic food is never sprayed with harmful chemicals or processed in any way. We need to take one step at a time and start cutting down on fast food and add more healthy home-cooked meals. Other steps we could consider taking is that we should start reading the food labels when going grocery shopping. By reading the labels you could save yourself from becoming ill from ingesting all the chemicals they spray on the food. By going organic you also influence kids that we need to eat healthy and that you need to take care of yourself. If we go step by step we can turn ourselves around.