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Organic food is produced without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, antibiotics, growth hormones, or genetic modification.

Benefits of Organic Farming:

 
  • Improves soil fertility
  • Reduces soil erosion
  • Retains more water in soil during drought years
  • Uses about 30% less energy per unit of yield
  • Lowers carbon emissions
  • Reduces water pollution from recycling livestock waste 
  • Eliminates pollution from pesticides
  • Increases biodiversity above and below ground
      

Where and What to Buy Organic?

 

                 

All kinds of products are organically produced and available for purchase, Anywhere from garlic to tomatoes to bread.

 The Good Foods Market and Cafe carries a multitude of organic products. Organic milk is delicious and typically has a much later expiration date than that found on conventional milk.  

Created by tfwhite
Last modified 2008-04-24 11:14 AM
 

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