Does that come in Organic?
In my opinion buying organic should be common sense. It just seems like you should naturally reach for the organic apple and leave the “regular” one behind. After a recent holiday I gave a family member some homemade chocolate covered strawberries. As they tried one I made sure to mention that they were organic. They just looked at me and said, “It’s still a strawberry isn’t it?” I didn’t know what to say. Did they honestly believe that there was no difference between organic and non organic?
So here is my question: Do people not know or do they just not care?
Each year more than 4 billion pounds of poisonous pesticides and herbicides are sprayed on food crops. Sure, they work, they get the job done but did you know that pesticides were originally designed as nerve gasses? They did the job back then too and they did it so well that they were then used in smaller doses to kill bugs, weeds and many other things. Agrichemicals, which include herbicides and pesticides, accumulate in your body fat. They then weaken our immune systems by suppressing the functions of white blood cells. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it?
During the Vietnam War a herbicide and defoliant was sprayed across South Vietnam. This herbicide was code named Agent Orange, as a result 400,000 deaths and disabilities happened along with 500,000 children were born with disabilities. Today two of the toxic chemicals found in Agent Orange are sprayed on land which is used to feed livestock aka your dinner.
In conclusion, what I should have said to my strawberry eating family member was this:
“Yes, it is a strawberry, but it is a strawberry full of nutrients instead of poisonous chemicals.”
Sources:
Myself
www.thenaturalguide.com
www.holistichelp.net/pesticides.html
wikipedia