Organic Foods
What is Organic Food?
Certified organic fruit and vegetables are those grown without the aid of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and the soil they are grown in must be certified chemical free for at least seven years! Organic meats are sourced from animals fed organic grains and veggies.
Why Would I Bother Sourcing Organic Food?
There are a lot of reasons to start incorporating more and more organic food into your diet. We’ve given a few reasons here just to get you started thinking about it.
Firstly, organic food tastes a LOT better. This can’t be emphasized enough! Fruit and vegetables that have been fertilized with chemicals and growth hormones tend to mature too early and taste very watery due to the fact that the soils they are grown in have been stripped of nutrients. Chemical fertilizers used to replace nutrients that aren’t in the soil to begin with don’t replicate the flavor producing properties of fertile soil, so the end result is pretty tasteless and bland! Organic fruits and vegetables on the other hand reap the benefits of nutrient rich soil without chemical additives, and the taste is sensational!
A second major tick of approval for organic fruits and vegetables is the actual nutrient content. Because the soils organic foods are grown in are very fertile, organic fruits and vegetables are packed full of nutrients. Compare this to commercially grown produce where the soil has no nutrients and chemical fertilizers have been used to imitate nutrients normally found in fertile soil. The end result is a product that has less than a quarter of the nutrients as that found in organic produce. You’ll notice this difference between organic and commercial fruit and vegetables very quickly, since organic produce fills you up a lot quicker and you’ll find yourself needing to eat less.
A third major reason to begin eating organic foods is the environmental ramifications we are beginning to face from commercially producing fruits and vegetables with the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. These chemicals are getting into the water ways, are airborne and infiltrate pretty much everything they come across, and they’re really not healthy! The world has only started to feel the effects of fertilizers on the environment, with blue-green algae taking over waterways and killing the local flora and fauna, and soils being rendered barren due to over-fertilisation. Go organic now while you still can!
Where Can I Source Organic Food From?
Really, the best idea is to grow your own organic produce! You don’t need much room; even if you just grew tomatoes and peas initially you would notice the difference. This is the most cost effective way to source organic food, and perhaps the most satisfying. For those who require a more instant fix of organic fruit and veg, you’ll find that supermarkets and grocers are much more aware of the demand for organic food and are most likely to have a section dedicated to organic produce. Get it in ya! Go organic today!
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