Organic Food
Organic food is the food produced without using any type of chemicals. The food industry processes it without additives. In the year 2000, the National Organic Standards Board of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) supplemented non-organic food with organic. The food industry produces organic food without using sewer-sludge fertilizers, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, growth hormones, genetic engineering, antibiotics and irradiation.
For an organic certification, the food has to pass through a series of tests, and it comes with a process fee. The US Department of Agriculture regulates this procedure. This food contains 50 per cent of additional nutrients, vitamins and minerals as compared to any other food.
Organic food does not stand for natural food. However, natural food may contain organic or refined food. The food industry has labeled organic food as ‘organic’ that meets the organic standards of USDA. Food agencies in the world claim that this food is better for consumers than the ordinary non-refined food. Consumers worldwide are switching to such type of food, which is more nutritious and safer.
Advantages:
Meat farming in an organic manner provides many benefits. It is tastier, nutritious, additive-free and healthier for people. It is also Genetically Modified (GM) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) free. The law of Europe disallows using genetically modified organisms (GMO) in any phase of farming and organic food.
At the time of modifying an organism genetically, the food industry uses genes from other species. This is for providing benefits such as speeding up growth, increasing yields, and making the organism pest-resistant. Most people feel sensible for not to include GM food in their diet.
The neural disease in farm animals Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), which is likely to cause a similar disease Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (CJD) to humans, was a result of feeding livestock with food containing animal proteins. Such feeding practices are not natural and they cause diseases such as BSE.
Studies reveal, providing animals with food that is organic in nature, assures them good growth, reproductive health, resistance from illnesses and more chances of survival than the animals that are given non-refined food.
This food is environment-friendly and is usually grown for animals avoiding the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Absence of pesticides from such food means animals and wild plants survive well thereby encouraging bio-diversity.
People prefer to eat this food over non-organic food, as it is tastier as compared to conventional food. Finally, the food is also rich in anti-oxidants.
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