A better option Have you ever found yourself debating whether to buy organic food versus conventionally grown foods What is organic O rganic foods are items that are produced processed and packaged without using chemicals including items such as vegetables fruit milk meat and cotton ID: 193283
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Organic Foods
A better option?Slide2
Have you ever found yourself debating whether to buy organic food versus conventionally grown foods?Slide3
What is organic?
O
rganic
foods are items that are produced, processed and packaged without using chemicals including items such as vegetables, fruit, milk, meat and cotton.Slide4
Organic farming doesn’t mean that they go back to methods used hundreds of years ago.Slide5
They take modern scientific knowledge and combine them with useful traditional farming methods.Slide6
The
key issues for concern are pesticide residues in and on
food,
agricultural practices that hurt the environment, and antibiotic use in animals.
At the moment, there is no proof that organic foods are more nutritious than conventionally grown foods.Slide7
Many of the known pesticides are known to cause numerous serious health effects.Slide8
Organic farming is better for our environment.
Organic farmers do not use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicidesSlide9
S
o
instead they adopt techniques to nourish crops and protect the
soil which reduces
groundwater
pollution, uses less energy and less water.Slide10
Organic farming isn’t just for vegetables, but animals as well. Slide11
Organic farmers strive to maintain living conditions that accommodate natural behavior and health
while limiting
antibiotic
use.Slide12
Antibiotic use in animal production has been linked to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Slide13
Converting land to organic status is a three year process to meet standards set by the
National Organic Program rules.Slide14
Organic food tends to cost more than conventionally grown food because it more closely reflects the true cost of growing the
food.Slide15
Reading labels is important when deciding what to purchase.Slide16
You can buy
directly from farmers, at farmers markets or organic sections of retail locations
Luckily, organic food is now easily available.