5 Compelling Reasons To Buy Organic Food

A lot of people nowadays are questioning the quality of the food that they buy at the supermarket.

With various health scares happening in Europe such as Mad Cow Disease and chickens getting flu people are starting to question the intensive farming methods that are now common practice.

It is easy to see why farming has got so intensive, there is massive pressure from the supermarkets on buying prices and there is also strong foreign competition, the world is getting smaller and transportation of food, easier.

However, this intensive farming comes at a cost here are five reasons to buy organic:

Organic farmers are helping to preserve the quality of our ecosystem by not using harmful chemicals that leach into the rivers killing off wildlife.

Organically grown food gives us a naturally healthy and delicious food that is completely free of harmful chemicals and pesticides.

Keeping farm animals in close conditions is not only uncomfortable for them, it can help to spread disease. We are seeing the various strains of bird flu start to infect humans now creating superbugs that have no antidotes.

Organic food is particularly good for children. Their younger bodies are more susceptible to chemical impurities, who knows what problems we are building up in including pesticides in food products like fruit and vegetables.

Buying organic foods helps to reduce the dependence on all the non-renewable resources.

Next time you are shopping for groceries, think about how buying organically grown food can benefit you and your family. Think about choosing a food that was grown as nature intended, would you buy food knowing that it had once been saturated with harmful chemicals?

At one point in time, that was something you never would have thought about, but now today in the information age, people are more aware of what they are putting into their bodies.

Some good options to try from the organic range include the following: apples, pears, strawberries, grapes, nectarines, peaches, raspberries, potatoes, bell peppers and spinach.

If you take a bit more time next time you shop you will see many other foodstuffs that are offered with organic varieties including eggs, milk, cheese, bacon, all types of meat, pasta and baby food.

Virginia Louise runs a web site that tells you all about the advantages of organic food visit the site to pick up some free organic food recipes.