What Are The Advantages Of Organic Food?

The advantages of organic food far outweigh the disadvantages.
What if it doesn’t always look as good, and it costs a little more? You actually get better value for your money.

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Take a look at some of the advantages of organic food.

Better for you

Less chemical residues.
Most fruit and vegetables grown with chemicals still have traces of them when it reaches the supermarket shelves. It’s not just on the surface - you can’t wash it off or avoid it by throwing away the peelings.
Organic produce is grown without these chemicals. If you eat milk, eggs or meat, it’s even more important to buy organic – hens are fed Tartrazine to make their egg yolks yellow, animals are routinely given hormones and antibiotics to make them grow faster.
These practises are not allowed in certified organic farming.

More nutrients
Since the beginning of chemical farming, at the end of World War II, vegetables have lost 60% of their mineral content. Organic fruit and vegetables have been shown to have at least 40% more minerals and vitamins than those grown conventionally. “Organic milk was found to contain 60 per cent more antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.” (According to a four-year study commissioned by the European Union.)

More flavor.
Have you tasted the difference between homegrown and supermarket vegetables? Some people say they can’t taste the difference, but most can. Certainly there’s no comparison between battery chicken, and free-range, organic chicken.

Better for the environment

Less pollution.
Chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are washed into the ground water and into streams and ditches, polluting the water we drink, the seas and rivers. Production of these chemicals also causes pollution to air and water.

Wildlife encouraged.
Organic farmers work with nature not against it, encouraging natural predators to control pests and building up the health of the soil to avoid plant disease. Trees, hedgerows and wildflowers are all part of the balance – making for a much more beautiful environment, as well as a healthier one.

Lower carbon footprint.
Organic farms have typically 27% lower carbon footprint than other farms – agrochemicals are made from fossil fuels.

Better for the animals

Animals raised to organic standards live as nature intended.
Cows graze in grassy meadows, pigs wallow in the mud, hens scratch around, searching for grubs and seeds. They have plenty of space, and medicine only if they need it.

Better for everyone

There have been no cases of BSE in organic herds of cattle.

No cases of salmonella in eggs from organic flocks

No avian flu or swine flu on organic farms.

These are all products of a system that keeps animals in unnaturally cramped conditions, without access to the outdoors. (It’s no surprise that the latest swine flu outbreak started at the biggest intensive pork farm in the world.)

Organic food production also bans genetically modified food (gmo s), food irradiation and artificial additives.

The advantages of organic food include improved health for all of us. It is a more sustainable way of farming, and supports rural communities by employing more people.

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