Organic Consumers | Organic Consumers Association

Organic Consumers. Organic food is food that is produced, processed and packaged without using chemicals. They are accepted because of the perceived benefits their health over conventional food. Growing organic sector has attracted the attention of farmers, producers and, above all, consumers. Produced without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste or sewage sludge, and processed without ionizing radiation or artificial food additives, organic food products are considered gifts to the user. But the fact that organic foods definitely do not take the only way to improve one's nutritional intake, but probably the most secure. Diet should be balanced to ensure proper nutritional intake.

Commands required by the main waste streams from food pesticides in food is known as total diet studies that seem to pesticide residues in our food are very low and within the limits of acceptable safety. But the monitoring program has consistently shown that about one in three non-organic food samples tested contained pesticide residuals, with zero at a level that few are found in and on organic products. Regardless of the impact of hazardous waste, conventional chemical also causes lush plant growth caused by swelling of the water longer and thus reduce the dry ingredients.

Conventional farming systems of soil containing more than heavy metals and rare minerals, organic farming systems where soil, while the activity of micro flora and fauna that are activated so that the availability of minerals for plants, in addition to the customer. Furthermore, developing an anti-oxidant (phytonutrients) which are involved in self-defense system of plants, higher in organic products as defenses of plants depends on their own without the normal application of chemical pesticides. As a result, organic crops, on average, contain higher levels of minerals and trace elements, vitamin C and antioxidant phytonutrients.

"It is vital that we continue to say with absolute conviction, that organic farming offers the highest quality, best tasting food, produced without artificial chemicals or genetic modification, and with respect for animal welfare and the environment while helping the landscape and rural communities to protect the city".