Why Is Organically Grown Food Better?
• Organic farming delivers the highest quality, best-tasting food produced without artificial chemicals or genetic modification, and with respect for animal welfare and the environment, while helping to maintain the landscape and rural communities. • 100% Organic Certification for a product insures that there are no GMOs (Genetically Modified Foods) in that product. • Conventional farmers use approximately 300 different pesticides to grow foods that are sold in supermarkets and food stores everyday. • Not only do conventionally grown foods contain pesticides, they also have added chemicals used in many conventional processed foods. • Currently about 500 such additives are used in the farming process, some of which have been linked to allergic reactions, headaches, asthma, growth retardation, hyperactivity in children, heart disease and osteoporosis. These food additives include preservatives, sweeteners, colorings, hydrogenated fat, aspartame (artificial sweetener) and monosodium gluta
