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What Is Organic Food?
"Organic" has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed
countries. In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be "certified organic" must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting the following guidelines: * Sound records kept of all operations * No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock * No use of genetically modified organisms * No irradiation * Use sound soil conservation and crop rotation practice * And most importantly, that there has been no useage of prohibited materials within 3 years prior to certification, or at any time during certification. The USDA defines 'prohibited materials' as synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and sewage sludge. It is also a requirement that there is no cross-contamination during processing, which means organic wheat for example cannot be ground in a flour factory that also handles non- organic material. Produce grown organically certainly tastes better than the usual supermarket stock. It also contains higher levels of nutrients and far lower residual pesticides. You can read all the latest Organic Food articles and research at http://www.ge-free.com/ In general food grown free of pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified organisms (GMO) is organic to some extent. Certified organic food is that http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Foo...925/16401.html |
What Is Organic Food?
wrote: "Organic" has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed countries. In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be "certified organic" must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting the following guidelines: * Sound records kept of all operations * No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock * No use of genetically modified organisms * No irradiation * Use sound soil conservation and crop rotation practice * And most importantly, that there has been no useage of prohibited materials within 3 years prior to certification, or at any time during certification. The USDA defines 'prohibited materials' as synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and sewage sludge. It is also a requirement that there is no cross-contamination during processing, which means organic wheat for example cannot be ground in a flour factory that also handles non- organic material. Produce grown organically certainly tastes better than the usual supermarket stock. Taste can be a very subjective thing. In all my experiences with organic products in food markets, they tasted the same to me as the non-organic products. It also contains higher levels of nutrients This is hard for me to accept. and far lower residual pesticides. This could be a problem. That's why I either raise my own stuff, or carefully wash off store bought food before eating it. Don't forget that exposure to sunlight will burn off much of the pesticides. Cetain foods are peeled, like cucumbers, and the pesticides are not inside. If you are fanatic about ingesting even a trace of pesticide, yes, buy organic. Even that is not a certainty, since some organic growers are forced to spray when their crops are in danger of being decimated. Just trying to put this organic thing in perspective. Sherwin You can read all the latest Organic Food articles and research at http://www.ge-free.com/ In general food grown free of pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified organisms (GMO) is organic to some extent. Certified organic food is that http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Foo...925/16401.html |
I think Orgasmic food nis good because you want to enjoy life better after eating it i loves it long time
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The word organic food does not only apply to the food from your own home garden, but also to the store bought food products, in which no synthetic artificial inputs are used. In the contemporary times, the term organic food is usually used in reference to the certified organic foods. It has been claimed by health experts that organic food is more nutritious. Some of the features that can be associated with organic food are more attention to quality, good taste, proper selection of crop varieties etc
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in a forum that locally produced organic food is also better since food have to be treated when it has to be transported over vast distances to the market. Depending on your interpretation of organic - organic food must thus be local produce as well. For even if produced totally organic, if it is transported over vast distances it has to be treated - maybe in an inorganic way - then it loses its 'organic' goodness. (With vast distances I mean the food being produced in the foothills of Kenya, and me buying it from the local Woolies in South Africa) |
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