Organic Food Lover

I'm not a health fanatic or manic greeny but I do prefer to eat natural and organic food. The thought of pesticides and other chemical residues accumulating in my body is what turned me to organic food in the first place.

Although the quantity of pesticides absorbed from eating non-organic food is very small, they do accumulate over time. Pesticides absorbed from food are linked to many health problems including cancer, birth defects, genetic mutation, asthma, and nerve damage.

Then when I read about the damage conventional farming practices do to the environment and, more importantly, to farm workers, then I converted to organic food for good.

This quote is related to growing organic cotton but the same goes for fruit and vegetable growing:

Cotton is one of the most widely grown crops in the world and one of the most devastating to the environment. Around 25% of all insecticide sales are used on crops on non-organic cotton farms. The run off from these farms have destroyed ecosystems such as those in the Aral Sea and is having a serious impact on water supplies in many parts of the world including the Murray-Darling basin in Australia.

Using chemical pesticides on crops kills beneficial organisms in the soil which leads to soil degradation which in turn leads to the need to add chemical fertilisers. The use of pesticides also leads to more pests as they become resistant to these chemicals. Farming a single crop such as cotton leads to less wildlife, especially birds, which again results in more pests. Farms which continue to use these chemicals will become unsustainable in the future.

So I hope you'll join me in my adventure to find the best organic food around!