Organic Agriculture is a production method that supports and enhances the earth’s natural balance.  When you purchase food that is produced according to organic standard’s here’s what you are getting:

• Agricultural management practices that promote and enhance the eco-system health and use no genetically engineered seeds or crops, sewage sludge, long-lasting pesticides, herbicides or fungicides
• Livestock management practices that promote healthy, humanely treated animals by providing organically grown feed, fresh air and outdoor access while using no antibiotics or growth hormones.

And here’s what you’re not supporting:

 Monsanto and other large seed companies, now claim their seeds as “intellectual property.”  In this way, seed companies prohibit farmers by force from saving and reusing seeds from one crop to the next. Even more disturbingly, major seed companies have made great strides in genetically engineering “Terminator” sterile seeds that sprout plants incapable of reproducing!  If that wasn’t enough, they produce genetically modified strains that contain pesticides right within their genetic code.  If the insects won’t eat these plants, why should we?

 After the second World War, the government had a surplus of chemicals on hand that were used in making bombs such as: nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.  They discovered that applying these chemicals to the soil increased the yield of crops. Thus, the artificial fertilizer industry was born.  The problem is that applying these chemicals to the soil is like putting the crops on steroids.  They grow more abundantly but are devoid of the necessary trace minerals that are necessary for our bodies.  More minerals imply a stronger, higher quality plant.

So how do minerals in sprayed and chemically fertilized plants compare with the organic variety?  Preliminary tests indicate that organic food has substantially more minerals – as much as 90% more compared with commercial foods. (1) This information suggests that organic foods provide better nutrition on all levels, because when foods have more minerals, they also have greater quantities of vitamins and phytonutrients, and therefore, more vital force or “qi”. 

When you purchase organic foods you are supporting practices that help build up the soil over time.  Some people say that they can’t afford to purchase organic food; but I say we can’t afford not to purchase organic food.  Future generations will thank you.  Did you no that most ancient civilizations ended mostly due to the erosion of their topsoil?  By choosing organic food you are choosing a future we can continue to flourish in. Be a part of the solution!  Buy organic.

In the Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins area you can get fresh, organic produce delivered to your door by logging on to www.DoortoDoorOrganics.com

Resources:

(1)  Healing With Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford, North Atlantic Books, 1993, 1996, 2002, page 19.

Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, Vital Living to 120, Paul C., and Patricia Bragg, Health Science, Santa Barbara, CA  93102, www.bragg.com.