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10 Top Reasons to Go
Organic
1.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. Trust your instincts, and go organic!
2.Fresh organic produce contains on average 50% more
vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other micro-nutrients
than intensively farmed produce. Science says that
it's good for you.
3.Going organic is the only practical way to avoid
eating genetically modified (GM) food. And by buying
organic food, you are registering your mistrust of
GMO's and doing your bit to protest against them.
4.If you eat dairy or meat products, going organic has
never been more essential to safeguard you and your
family's health. Intensively-reared dairy cows and
farm animals are fed a dangerous cocktail of anti-biotics,
growth promoting drugs, anti-parasite drugs and many
other medicines on a daily basis, whether they have an
illness or not. These drugs are passed directly onto
the consumers of their dairy produce or meat., which
must be a contributing factor to meat-related diseases
like coronaries and high blood pressure.
5.About 99% of non-organic farm animals in the UK are
now fed GM soya. And there has never been a reported
case of BSE in organic cattle in the UK. Common sense
says that organic is safe food.
6.Organic produce simply tastes so much better. Fruit
and vegetables full of juice and flavour, and so many
different varieties to try! There are about 100
different kinds of organic potatoes in production in
the UK, and that's just potatoes!
7.Organic farms support and nurture our beautiful and
diverse wildlife. Over the last thirty years,
intensive farming in the UK has led to dramatic
erosion of the soil, a fall of up to 70% of wild birds
in some areas, the destruction of ancient hedgerows,
and the near extinction of some of the most beautiful
species of butterflies, frogs, grass-snakes and wild
mammals.
8.Organic food is not really more expensive than
intensively farmed foods, as we pay for conventional
foods through our taxes. We spend billion of pounds
every year cleaning up the mess that agro-chemicals
make to our natural water supply. And the BSE crisis
cost us 4 billion pounds. Go organic for a genuine
more cost-effective future.
9.Intensive farming can seriously damage farm workers'
health. There are much higher instances of cancer,
respiratory problems and other major diseases in farm
workers from non-organic farms. This is particularly
true in developing countries, and for agrochemical
farms growing cotton. So go organic if you care about
other people.
10.And if you simply like the idea of your children
and grandchildren being able to visit the countryside
and play in the forests and fields just like we did
when we were young, go organic for the sake of all of
our futures.
By Ysanne Spevack
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