Why Eat Organic?

Why Eat Organic?

Protect Our Children

We need to protect our children's health. The average child receives four times more exposure than an adult to at least eight cancer-causing pesticides. Their immature immune systems are being damaged for life.

Protect Your Own Health

With every mouthful of non-organic food you eat, you are ingesting a cocktail of poisonous chemicals. These substances are designed to kill off small animals, insects, and weeds. How can they possibly not harm us too? It's absolute madness. We now know that over half the agro-chemicals used in the UK cause cancer, birth defects, sterility, and other such diseases. The main reason why they are still being used is covert pressure from the AgroIndustry (and for their enrichment).

Save Energy

It is a little known fact that conventional farming uses more crude oil than any other industry - in the manufacture of pesticides and fertilizers. This is very wasteful, since using all these toxic chemicals only increase yields because the soil is impoverished in the first place by the chemicals themselves!

Help Developing Nations

Much of the surplus food we produce by using intensive farming methods end up being dumped in the developing world. This puts small farmers there, out of business, eventually leading to famine.

Prevent Soil Erosion

Every year, millions of tons of topsoil are washed into the seas because the soil structure is broken down by chemicals. At present, the soil is being eroded seven times faster than it is being built up. Without soil, we cannot grow food.

Protect Our Water Supply

The toxic chemicals used in intensive farming get washed away by the rain and end up in our water supply, poisoning us further.

Protect Flora & Fauna

Animals, birds, insects, and plants are also destroyed by all the chemicals, since their food and water supply are being poisoned and, in some cases, totally destroyed. We then create a vicious circle, since natural pest control is also ruined eg killing off ladybirds, which feed on greenfly, thereby causing even larger quantities of pesticides to be sprayed on the land.

Protect Farm Workers

Farm workers are currently being poisoned by their exposure to toxins. A National Cancer Institute study found that farmers exposed to herbicides were six times more likely to contract cancer than non-farmers.

Support A True Economy

Although organic food might seem more expensive than conventional food, the latter does not reflect numerous hidden costs. Eg Costs of damage to, your Health (National Health Service), the environment and hazardous waste disposal and clean-up.

Eat Nutritious And Delicious Food

Not only does organic food taste much better than conventional food, but tests have also proved that it contains significantly higher quantities of vital nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. And finally, there's the feelgood factor - in some ways the most important of all. When you eat organic food, you feel nourished rather than attacked by your food. You feel at peace with yourself, and in harmony with the earth.