During the last decades there has been a change towards mechanization and homogenization of farming, which uses pesticides, additives, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers and mass-production techniques. All this is clearly affecting mankind’s health, and new diseases are spreading rapidly amongst humans and animals (bird’s flu being the most recent one).
The World Health Organization produces reports to show how the use of chemicals and other products on food, coupled with the manufacturing processes involved, are actually a threat to our health.
If you have space for a few pots or even a small piece of land, it is a wise decision to grow your own organic vegetable garden. Today, I’m presenting you with seven reasons for doing this:
1. You will have no artificial ingredient in your vegetables. Research by organic food associations has shown that added ingredients in our food can cause heart diseases, osteoporosis, migraines and hyperactivity.
2. There will be no pesticides or artificial fertilizers used. These chemical products are used to obtain crops all the time regardless of plagues or weather conditions, and affect the quality of the vegetables. Besides, pesticides are normally poisonous to humans.
3. Your vegetables will not be genetically transformed (GM). Antibiotics, drugs and hormones are applied on vegetables to grow more and larger ones. One of the outcome of this practice are vegetables which look all the same and are usually tasteless. Besides, we end up absorbing the hormones that have been used on the vegetables, with the potential risks for our health.
4. Eating your own organic vegetables will be much healthier for us. They will not contain any of the products or chemicals mentioned above, and they will be much natural than any ones you would find at the supermarket. Your health will not be unsafe because you will then know that nothing has been added to your vegetables.
5. Your own organic vegetables will be much more delicious. The use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics make vegetables grow faster and take the taste away from them. With organic vegetables, your cooking will be enhanced as their flavor can be observed.
6. Organic farming is conducive to the environment. Because you won’t use pesticides or other equally harming products on your vegetables, you will not damage the soil or the air with the chemical components.
7. When you grow your own organic vegetables, you are providing for your own self-sustainability and the sustainability of the planet. Small communities have been founded where members exchange products that they grow naturally, thus donating to create a friendly and better place for us all.
In the end, eating organic products only means that we do not add anything else to them than they actually would naturally have. As you can guess, additives, fertilizers, pesticides or hormones are not constituents of naturally grown food. To better care for your health, grown your own organic vegetables -and a few pots is all you need to grow.
It helps you eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. You decide what kinds of fertilizers and pesticides come in contact with your food. It lets you control when to harvest your food. Vegetables that ripen in the garden have more nutrients than some store-bought vegetables that must be picked early
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