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We are spirited group of enthusiastic people, with diverse backgrounds. We are almost like start up rock band all of us are working in different field, yet have a common interest in life –give back to the society what we have received from it – in the form of living and propagating a health lifestyle.
We believe that if each one of us is responsible enough just for one’s own self we can give a lot back to the society. Philosophical as it may sound, the overall idea is to have some good, healthy (literally too) fun, and information sharing through a platform that will stand for everything that connate class and style.
What exactly are Organic products?
Organic products are everywhere today. In western and developed countries, they are sold at supermarkets, the finest gourmet shops, in every department from dairy to produce to the snack food and frozen foods sections. In fact, there’s an organic choice in almost every food and beverage category and many fiber categories,
including such
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products
as certifies organic chocolates, cotton sheets and even
beer and wine. The organic movement is a global trend with exceptional success in Japan, Britain and other European Union countries. As concerns continue to grow about damage to our soil, water and air from conventional farming, about the health consequences of pesticides in food and the environment, and about genetically modified ingredients in the food supply demand for organic foods is growing.
Around the world, consumers are showing that they want and will often pay little more for, products that are healthy, wholesome, flavorful, and grown produced in ways that protect and
restore the environment for a sustainable future. It may be helpful to think of organic as a process not a product.
Why do organic products cost more?
Organic products do tend to cost more than their conventional counterparts. This is changing as products capacity and demand for organic products increase,
thus improving production efficiencies. As the infrastructure for organic
builds,
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prices will continue to come down. It’s worth adding the cost of food is somewhat relative.
We‘re accustomed to low food costs because some costs of food production are not built into the price paid at the supermarket, but we pay as a society nonetheless. These costs include the toxic burden to our water supply, soil loss, and the measurable cost of losing our nation’s small farms.
Is all organic foods 100% pesticide free?
Though farmlands for organic crops, by law, must have had no applications of prohibited chemicals for a minimum of three years. Yet because of the pervasive nature of many of these chemicals, and their propensity to travel through air and water, organic products cannot claim to be totally pesticide- free. A 1998 study by Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports magazine, found that organic foods were not always 100% free of pesticide residues but concluded that “ Our side by side tests of organic, green labeled , and conventional unlabeled produce found that organic foods had consistently minimal or nonexistent pesticide residue.”
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