Organic food: What is and Why

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What is Organic Food? Produce of Organic Agriculture

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What isOrganic Food?

Produce of Organic Agriculture

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Organic Agriculture

Organic Agriculture

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Organic Agriculture

Organic farming is the form of agriculture

that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests, .

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Organic Agriculture

excluding the use of

synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, plant growth regulators, livestock antibiotics, food additives, and genetically modified organisms

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WhyOrganic

•Organic produce is not covered in a cocktail of poisonous chemicals. The average conventionally-grown apple has 20-30 artificial poisons on its skin, even after rinsing. Go organic!

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WhyOrganic

• Fresh organic produce contains on

average 50% more vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other micro-nutrients than intensively farmed produce.

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WhyOrganic

Going organic is the only practical way to avoid eating genetically modified (GM) food. And when you buy organic food, you are showing your mistrust of genetically modified food in perhaps the most effective way – with your money.

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WhyOrganic

Industrialized dairy farms use a lot of pharmaceuticals. Dairy milk and products is

linked to many illnesses

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WhyOrganic

• Organic produce simply tastes so much better. Fruit and vegetables full of juice

and flavor

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WhyOrganic

• Organic farms support and nurture our beautiful and diverse wildlife [biodiversity].

• Organic farms nurture the whole environment, wherever you are.

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WhyOrganic

• Organic food is not really more expensive than intensively farmed foods

• No government subsidy/ IASSTD• Hidden costs

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WhyOrganic

• Intensive farming can seriously damage farm workers’ health. So go organic if you care about other people, wherever they are.

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Organic & Natural Food

Mother Earth Nourishment

for Us All

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Organic Food

Q & A