The Wonderful World of Organic Food

Organic food has been around for many generations. The term organic, however, did not come about until the mid 1960’s. It is basically when no additives, preservatives, or pesticides are used in the food during growth or production.

The older generations grew such food when they had large gardens that fed the big families. In today’s society, however, growing a garden has become almost extinct. It has seen a revolution that has put fresh food back on the plates of people.

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Magrice : Not Your Common Organic Rice

How do you like your rice be produced?

In these times when organic foods are increasingly gaining approval among health-conscious people, more and more farmers are going into organic production.

For the farmer-members of the Kilolog Multi-Purpose Farmers Cooperative (KIMFACO) in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, producing organic rice has become very rewarding as they have not only found a sure market for their produce, but likewise preserve the well-being of the people in the community. That is because they have already withdrawn from the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in rice farming which pose health and environmental hazards.

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What is Organic Food

A lot of people probably don’t even know what organic food is. This writer certainly did not. But everybody really should take the time to learn, it’s an alternative some people really enjoy.

Organic food is food that’s free from tampering. This means no pesticides have been used to clear off bugs, no herbicides to rid weeds, no human growth in animals to make them buffer, and no gene therapy of any kind. Everything is as natural as possible.

Basically one could think of organic food as the way food was grown before technology.

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