Go Organic!
There’s a lot of information out there on the advantages and disadvantages of organic foods and possible effects of non-organic foods. I was a little overwhelmed and didn’t know what to believe. Some people don’t even realize what is organic food. When they think organic, they think vegetarian. Organic food is food grown naturally without pesticides, preservatives, hormones, and other additives and chemicals. In crops, organic farmers focus on enriching the soil by crop rotation and using organic fertilizer. In meat, animals are pasture fed and live in a comfortable environment. They’re not fed hormone enriched, processed food, and kept in the stressful, cramped quarters like the conditions of your average meat processing company.
Basically, there hasn’t been enough research on whether or not organic food is better than conventional food. I would think it would be, but it’s not “scientifically proven.” The only items proved to be better when they are produced organically are milk and tomatoes. So, it comes down to personal opinion. Until more studies have been done to absolutely, without a doubt prove that organic is the best, all we have is opinions.
So here’s my opinion. It’s just kind of logical that naturally-grown food would be better than food full of preservatives, chemical residues that are possibly toxic, and hormones. From what I’ve read on the subject, it scares me about what’s going on in the food industry. I’m sure if people could see how their favorite foods are made, they wouldn’t want to eat them anymore. Companies only care about production rates and not their customer’s health. Scientists are experimenting with food trying to make it better, but they haven’t done the studies to make sure it doesn’t make it worse. So, I’m all for going organic in any way possible.
Before I list the benefits, there are some disadvantages. Though organic food industry has grown about 30% in the past 5-6 years, I can see why it hasn’t exploded.
