Is organic food all that it is cracked up to be nutritionally, or are we consumers parting with our cash under false pretenses? This debate will run and run and ultimately we will all make our own minds up.

There are those who swear by the health benefits of eating organic, while others dismiss this view as garbage. In fact, if you stop and think about it for a moment, naturally grown, organic foods are going to be good for us, fact. Scientific testing backs this up.

Farming organically is good for both our bodies and our planet, only sustainable sources are used so lessen the carbon footprint.

The main argument regarding the higher costs is that can you put a price on your health? Anyone can be a farmer, but you have to be trained to be able to call yourself an organic farmer. Yes it does cost more to eat organic produce, you should think of the long term benefits to both ourselves and the environment.

In the past we have looked to the FDA for guidance and trusted their judgements, where organic farming is concerned, however, they seem to be dithering. We applauded them for banning some of the pesticides used in conventional farming, but then we found that other carcinogens were still being used. Then they approved the sale to the general public of over 40 kings of GM crops, so my faith in them has drastically declined.

This basically means that despite some pesticides now missing from the farming process, they have been replaced by others. The simple fact is these just can’t be good for us.

Changing to all organic can be very expensive and the health experts appreciate this, so they recommend making the switch on fruit such as the strawberry, on which very high levels of pesticides are used. You should also change for the things you eat the most to lower the amount of pesticides you are taking in.

So now you know the facts the rest is up to you. Keep pumping contaminants into your body to save a few bucks, or start buying a few organic foods and give your body a break.

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