Why Organic?

The "Organic" premise:
from: http://www.mofga.org/food.html

Most people are aware that food that is grown according to organic principles is free from exposure to many harmful herbicides and pesticides, but that is only one small part of organic agriculture.

A larger part of organic agriculture involves the health of the soil and the ecosystem in which crops and livestock are raised. Organic practices recognize that a healthy, vibrant, and live soil and ecosystems significantly benefit crops. Natural, undisturbed soil is alive with microbiotic organisms which exist in harmony between the native plant life and the inorganic minerals that provide the soil's substrate. When you begin using herbicides, pesticides, and fast acting inorganic fertilizers, you destroy the microbiotic activity, and soil becomes merely an anchor for plant material, which requires constant input to continue.

Obviously, the farmer is primarily impacted by their choice of agricultural methods, but why should a consumer care if one green pepper looks identical to the other? The answer is multifaceted, but simply stated, a certified organic pepper will taste better and be more nutritious than a conventionally cultivated pepper. As a result of growing in a "live" soil where microbiotic activity is constantly breaking organic matter and solid minerals into forms that the plant can feed on, an organically cultivated pepper plant will be healthier, and will be able to add more and complex components to all of it's parts, including its fruit, resulting in a pepper chock full of human nutrients and flavor.

Again, that's only part of the picture because by supporting organic agriculture, the consumer is supporting a sustainable model of land use that results in far less pollution and top-soil losses than with conventional agriculture. And if that pepper has been certified organic by their local regional certifying organization, the consumer is also supporting their local economy.

Organic Foods Documented
More Nutritious!!

from: http://www.purefood.org

Journal of Applied Nutrition
Organic foods vs. supermarket foods: Element levels

Synopsis: Over a 2 yr period, organically and conventionally grown apples, potatoes, pears, wheat, and sweet corn were purchased in the western suburbs of Chicago and analyzed for mineral content. Four to 15 samples were taken for each food group. On a per-weight basis, average levels of essential minerals were much higher in the organically grown than in the conventionally grown food.

The organically grown food averaged:

The organically raised food averaged 29% lower in mercury than the conventionally raised food.

WOW!!!

More great Organic Food/Products sites full of fantastic information:

http://www.all-organic-food.com

http://www.greenpeople.org

http://www.ccof.org/

this is only the beginning people!