1000 Flowers for the Planet - #188 Eat Organic Food
The first thing you will notice about
organic food is the taste. It will fascinate your taste buds! Everything will
be a new experience. Fresh, natural, organic foods are wonderful to eat because
they have so much more flavour and they are incredibly healthy for you too.
Organic foods are grown without the use of chemicals in the form of pesticides
and fertilizers. Nor are they produced using industrial solvents, additives or
irradiation. Organic foods are grown naturally, using methods our ancestors
practiced for millennia – before chemicals became the norm.
The benefits of eating organic food are
twofold. Firstly, you are partaking of healthy, natural foods that are good for
your body. Secondly, you protect the planet because the farming methods used
promote ecological balance, recycle resources – through composting for example
– and encourage biodiversity. With no chemicals being put into the soil, your
food grows chemical-free. Furthermore, there is no run-off whereby the
chemicals are washed through the soil into water systems and on into oceans
where they cause damage to marine and bird life, or into dams which is the
source of water for human consumption.
We deserve the best food we can have.
We deserve healthy food, not full of chemicals. By increasing demand for
organically grown produce we can put pressure on farmers to keep our food
wholesome, put pressure on corporations to stop interfering with the food
supply, and lead healthier lives. Healthier people need less medical attention,
which saves governments a lot of money. I know this is a simplified way of
looking at it, but hey ... do you want to eat chemicals or good, healthy food?
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