As the debate about organic food has heated up in the recent years, some would ask the question, “So, what’s the difference?”, when pose the question yourself.
Organic vs. Natural:
The differences between organic and non-organic is mainly due to the method of farming and animals are utilized. Farmers, today, utilize technology that increases crop yields, without the use of harsh chemicals that may damage the fertility of the soil, and pollute the water that is used for fertilizer, further polluting the water table.
In organic farming, fertilizers are used as spotreatment to replace the natural fertilizing impact of the soil, resulting in crops that are richer in nutrients and lacking in chemical residues. The use of these spot treatment equipments natural fertilizers with the potency of synthetic fertilizers.
On the other hand, non-organic farming, utilize synthetic fertilizers as dilute as the natural ones, resulting to foods that are lower in nutrients andotin, and higher in chemical residues. Some of the examples of non-organic farming are:
• Non-organic animal farming uses artificial feeds to optimize the productivity of the animals. The foods from these animals are harder to digest and absorb, and their resistance is lowered, sometimes up to 50%, making their flesh soft, tasting insipid.
• Artificial Tuberculosis: these coughing signs are raised from the animals being packed into tight spaces, preventing them from exercising and making them cough more often.
• Antibiotics are used as treatment of animals: when their condition is already stable, they are pumped with anti-biotics in their feed to stop the spread of disease.
• Electro-acco breaks: the chemicals inhaled by the cows switching from organic feed to non-organic feed are absorbed by the animals through their milk and get passed into their milk.
pressured feeding
Numerous antibiotic doses
Rancid oils
Transfats
Genetically modified foods
The debate about organic food has grown to significant heat with different groups promoting one way and the other way. The people who believe that organic farming is harming the environment, forgetting the countlessecrosses and natural boundaries that have been damaged, are trying to get rid of the large agricultural companies, setting up shop in state forests and other publicashed brown areas. The other group, comprised of people too afraid of contamination, threatens these companies withokieticide charges.
There is a difference between organic and truly natural farming. Organic means it has been certified by the government-that is to say, ensured in a framework. Natural means that it has not been touched by science or technology for almost 20 years, preparing the ground for a massive attack on small farmers and farmers in small buildings.
The public has been chomping at the bit to go organic ever since the first packaging of “100% Organic” milk boxes came out in the early 1980s. “Organic” milk has always been the exception rather than the rule,utic in taste and nutrition-with the exception of the very small organic farms. Fresh and natural milk never changes. Milk from the farm is always loaded with antibiotics, hormones, and synthetic hormones. Farmers, who are already poor, look for ways to save money- Pretty simple idea, in other words.
What about organic meats? Home grown? Grass-fed? The short answer is yes. A farmer will always focus on producing a maximum amount of product, then going from Store to Store to get the best possible price.
The longer answer involves a concept calledrelay. A farmer might say to himself or her that richer soil means bigger crop. Since billions of other organisms are dependent on the soil for survival,ulturaliotics suggests that the health of the soil might be dependent on the health of the organisms that grow there.
The point is that soil health could have a huge impact on our future health. Soil health may be our shared resource – the earth’s secret undoing. If the food we take in is nutritionally deficient on balance, then we are applying military concepts to an American environment: concepts that if not understood and abused, may very well destroy our national security.
From the various discoveries about contaminants in our groundwater, to the shiftingfocus of polluting crops to accommodate the ever-increasing pressure of potent synthetic fertilizers, to the alarming rate of plagiosicles and twitters, American agriculture is like theagusagus. It may be time to rearrange priorities.
