Stay Safe, Stay healthy and enjoy your day WITH ORGANIC FOOD

We have always relied on the conventional food products for our everyday appetite. However,with the increase of artificial additives,which are synthetic and contain a lot of chemicals and pesticides the need of the hour is to find an alternative which is free from all these synthetic influence.Organic food is the food products that are produced by organic farming.

The term “organic” basically describes the methods by which agricultural commodities are developed. To be certified as an ”organic food” a company has to attain special licenses and meet all the rules and regulations that are set by the governments and international organizations. Organic food industry is a heavily monitored industry and the food production is heavily regulated. Organic food has to be farmed and grown in a safe natural soil, which is free from the influence of any synthetic, artificially processed chemical. These are different from conventional products as the use of synthetic fertilizers, genetically modified organisms and seeds, petroleum based fertilizers and other artificial products is completely prohibited. Organic livestock used in the process must also be given organic food. These animals,which later turn up on our plates must not have any antibiotics, steroids or any growth hormones. Certain organically produced fertilizers may be used but that too under limited conditions.The main motto of organic farming is that food must be prepared by nature and man and his technologies are not allowed to play master.

The Benefits of Organic food:

• Less use of Pesticides: Pesticides are chemically produced poisons which are meant to kill pests. Unfortunately,when these pesticides are used to produce the conventional food products they not only kill the pests but also harm us too. These poisons cause severe health problems when they enter our body. In addition they also destroy and degrade the soil on which they are used. Organic farming thankfully is free from this menace and this is its chief advantage.
• Organic food is fresher: Conventional food products are always accompanied by synthetic preservatives that help them last longer. Organic food being free from them is always fresher and thus tastes better too.
• Protecting the environment: Conventional system of production of food always result in pollution of all sorts. These synthetic materials which are used as fertilizers and pesticides are non-biodegradable substances. They are not processed by nature and they cause soil pollution by degrading it and finally when it enters the water table it pollutes the water also.
• Organically raised livestock are not introduced to medication: Any bacteria when countered by an antibiotic,tends to build antibiotic resistant strains. When livestock which are raised to be a food product is treated with antibiotics or given steroids or growth hormones they develop these antibiotic strains. When we pick up these diseases from these bacteria we tend to be unresponsive to the antibiotic treatment since its already been done on the livestock.

Whether Organic food is more nutritious than conventional food products is still an issue under study but no one can deny the obvious advantages of these products over its conventional counterparts.