Hey everyone(: - Day
#3
So organic is
another topic/lifestyle I said I would cover at another time. That time has
come and truthfully I'm "pro-organic", but it's not the easiest thing
to describe or anything like that. I will give my definition of organic and I
will also post the USDA's definition of organic.
Organic to me is
food that is food that is grown in different ways by farmers (as oppose to
conventional farming). Organic foods are grown/processed using little to no
fertilizers, pesticides, etc. You don't want chicken with rat poison in it, do
you? Me either! I have to say, although I would like to be eating completely
organic, I'm not. And I'm not because the cost of gluten free food is already
high and organic food is no exception. You're definitely paying for quality and
not quantity with both of these things.
I try to buy as many
things organic as possible, whether it be fruit juice, produce, meat, frozen
dinners, and even boxed products. You'll find that these items don’t generally
have all the extra preservatives, fillers and unnecessary ingredients that non-organic
foods have. When I see the USDA Organic stamp of approval on something I buy it
makes me feel damn good about it.
There are tons of
great sites on organic products and living so I am going to link them below
along with the USDA link. Just for this topic I feel that it would be better
for you to get the straight facts from the websites and me just giving my
opinion. That way if you really choose to go all or even partially organic -
it's you're choice based on reading the most reliable sources possible. This is
how I learned! Also, this is the only thing that is very hard for me to explain
to someone else. Even though it's just on a computer.
USDA Organic
Mayo Clinic (Are
organic foods safer or more nutritious?)
Organic Facts
Reader's Digest
I'm sure some of you
will really have to sleep on this topic ;) I for one am SO excited about
tomorrow's topic!
xoxo
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