10 Good Reasons To Go Organic

(This information reprinted from the pages of The Organic Trade Association, www.ota.com.)



Organic certification is the public's assurance that products have been grown and handled according to strict procedures without persistent toxic chemical inputs.

Organic food tastes great!

Common sense: well-balanced soils produce strong, healthy plants that become nourishing food for people and animals.

Organic production reduces health risks

Many EPA-approved pesticides were registered long before extensive research linked these chemicals to cancer and other diseases. Organic agriculture is one way to prevent any more of these chemicals from getting into the air, earth and water that sustain us.

Organic farms respect our water resources

The elimination of polluting chemicals and nitrogen leaching, done in combination with soil building, protects and conserves water resources.

Organic farmers build healthy soil

Soil is the foundation of the food chain. The primary focus of organic farming is to use practices that build healthy soils.

Organic farmers work in harmony with nature

Organic agricultural respects the balance demanded of a healthy ecosystem: wildlife is encouraged by including forage crops in rotation and by retaining fence rows, wetlands, and other natural areas.

Organic producers are leaders in innovative research

Organic farmers have led the way, largely at their own expense, with innovative on-farm research aimed at reducing pesticide use and minimizing agriculture's impact on the environment.

Organic producers strive to preserve diversity

The loss of a large variety of species (biodiversity) is one of the most pressing environmental concerns. The good news is that many organic farmers and gardeners have been collecting and preserving seeds, and growing unusual varieties for decades.

Organic farming helps keep rural communities healthy

USDA reported that in 1997, half of U.S. farm production came from only 2% of farms. Organic agriculture can be a lifeline for small farms because it offers an alternative market where sellers can command fair prices for crops.

Organic abundance  Foods and non-foods alike!

Now every food category has an organic alternative. And non-food agricultural products are being grown organically even cotton, which most experts felt could not be grown this way. Organic Trade Association www.ota.com

A word from Kushtush Organics Eco Sleep Shop: European corporations and governments, as well as north Americans, have exploited poverty stricken farmers throughout the Third World for more than a century, undercutting the profits of families with children who work long, labor-intensive days to provide raw materials for world markets. Of course these families be angry and resentful?

Kushtush Organics Eco Sleep Shop suggests that the greatest contribution to world peace, and the final solution to global hunger is so simple: Force European Union governments, the United Nations, and global corporations, to engage in Fair Trade practices: pay farmers and workers around the world, and their families, a fair price for their goods. Yes, Capitalism. Which part of that basic social responsibility is so difficult for European and American corporations and governments to grasp?

Buying organic products with organic certification, and certified organic foods with Fair Trade labeling, contributes to global fair trade practices, humane treatment of farmers and their families, farm animals, and the protection of Earth's bio-diversity