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Why Buy Organic Seeds?
For Your Personal Health…
Organic farming produces plants that are free of pesticides,
herbicides and their residues.
For Your Children…
Children receive four times the exposure of adults to at least eight
widely-used cancer-causing pesticides in the food chain. The choice
you make now will impact your child's health in the future.
For The Health Of Your Garden…
Organic gardening encourages diverse plantings, works with crops
that promote beneficial insects, and recycles nutrients with
earthworms, composts and green manures.
For Healthier Farm Workers…
A National Cancer Institute study found that farmers exposed to
herbicides had a six time greater risk than non-farmers of
contracting cancer. Farm worker health also is a serious problem in
developing nations, where pesticide use can be poorly regulated.
For Small, Family Farmers…
Although more large scale farms are making the conversion to organic
practices, most organic farms are small independently owned and
operated family farms of less than 100 acres. It's estimated that
the US has lost more than 650,000 family farms in the past decade.
For Better Flavour…
There's a good reason many chef's use organic foods in their
recipes. They taste better. Organic farming starts with organic
seeds in the nutrients of the soil which leads to the nourishment of
the plant and ultimately our palates.
Build And Protect Top Soil…
Soil is the organic farmer's most revered tool. Rather than relying
on synthetic fertilizers, they build their soil through natural
amenities, such as composted manure, and by planting diverse crops.
Organic farmers respect the soil and view it as the foundation of
the food chain.
Protect Water Quality…
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that pesticides have
contaminate ground water in 38 states, polluting the primary source
of drinking water for more than half the country's population.
Organic growers and processors use practices that eliminate
polluting chemicals and nitrogen leaching, and thus protect and
conserve precious water resources.
Preserve Biodiversity…
Many organic growers have been collecting and using heirloom seed
varieties for decades. On the other hand, many conventional farms
still grow hybridized vegetables and fruits, bred for uniformity,
ease of shipping and cosmetic appearance. Such "modern" concerns
have ignored the value of preserving a diversity of seed varieties,
and therefore a more balanced ecosystem.
Represent A 'True' Economy…
Current prices for conventionally grown foods do not reflect the
costs of federal subsidies to conventional agriculture, the cost of
contaminated drinking water, loss of wildlife habitat and soil
erosion, or the cost of the disposal and clean up of hazardous
wastes generated by the manufacturing of pesticides.
For The Health Of Our Planet…
When you buy organically grown seeds, your dollars cast a vote for a
more sustainable environment & healthier planet.
