Eating Organic is Good for EVERYONE

We are hearing a lot these days about the effects commercial farming is having on the fertility of the soil. There is goo reason to be worried; ecologists have tried to warn us for years about the consequences we would face if we did not take our stewardship of the arable land seriously. We are now being forced to deal with those consequences first hand when it comes to the quality and health of our food supply, and ultimately ourselves.
Commercial farming, the kind done on an industrial scale, only sees that land as a limitless tool to drive up profits. This outlook does not take into consideration that the soil is a non-renewable resource once it has been completely depleted and eroded away. Their outlook is quickly turning our planet into the dust bowl of the 1930's or the desolate island called Easter Island. These practices and philosophies used in farming also mean that industrial farmers are forced to utilize chemical fertilizers to force crops from the depleted soils.
Chemical fertilization essentially uses three chemicals (Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium) rather than the 52 which are needed to maintain truly fertile soil. This poor soil leads to less healthy plants which are less resistant to disease and pests; this naturally means that farmers then use chemical pesticides, which are toxic to us as well.
The end results of poor farming methods and commercialization of soil management means poor soil as well as unhealthy and disease ridden plants. These plants are then are loaded with chemicals, toxic fertilizers, and pesticides. This causes a chain reaction and affects human health negatively. Soil deficiencies don't just harm the plants health; it also means that the plants no longer contain the nutrients they once did. This means that, in addition to toxic chemicals and contaminants, our commercialized food supply doesn't contain all the nutrients necessary for good health. If more people ate ore organically grown foods, then commercial farmers would have to switch their farming methods over to organic farming methods. This would likely results in a decrease in disease incidences such as: Diabetes, Cancer, and other major illnesses which have been on the rise recently.
So what do we do now? Jerome Rodale (founder of Prevention magazine) once said: " The health of the people is dependent upon the quality of the food they consume. And the quality of their foods depends on the quality of the soil on which that food is grown." So simple, yet so important. Rodale came to this view while studying the Hunzan people, living in mountainous northern Pakistan. The Hunzan practice organic agriculture and served as Rodale's inspiration for adopting an organic viewpoint.
The ingenious irrigation systems used by the Hunzan incorporated fertilization and composting and wood ash was used to repel pests. By using this system for millennia, the soil became incredibly rich and thanks to smart agricultural management, erosion of the topsoil was never a problem. What does this tell us? Simple - that the health of our soil is vital to the health of our crops and by extension, all of us.
In the U.S. alone, over 3 billion tons of topsoil are lost every year; this is seven times the rate at which soil is replenished. Organic farming looks at the soil as the most important part of the farming process; by supporting the health of the soil, organic farming supports our own health.
When we choose to eat organic and sustainable grown foods, we are helping not only ourselves, but the health of our families, the environment and the Earth itself - in short, eating organic is good for everyone.

Article Source: http://menshealthtoday.com

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