Why Organically Grown?

      Sometime in the 1940's J. I. Rodale, founder of the magazine Organic Gardening, began using the term organic to describe flowers and foods grown with the earth's natural resources by composting materials and adding naturally occuring minerals to the soil instead of commercial fertilizers made up of synthetic compounds.

      Today the term, organically grown, has come to be known as food (including crops and fibers such as cotton) grown without any synthetic pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, or growth regulators.

      By supporting organically grown foods you are promoting a true crop yielded from soils nourished with their natural minerals. Proper crop rotation and the use of ground covers such as clover helps to build a biologically diverse agriculture. Organic farming practices also help to maintain the natural ecosystem and thus is known as "sustainable agriculture".

Organically grown fruits and vegetables are minimally processed without artificial ingredients and have come to be the standard for top quality, freshness, flavor, and texture.

   Look at Ten Reasons to Buy Organic Foods.

   Organically Certified means verification for the consumer.

   Taking a closer look at product labels.

When organic agriculture comes to mind one has to mention:

   CAFF, Community Alliance with Family Farmers.


A non-profit organization serving family farmers and the sustainable agriculture movement.

Their web address: http://www.caff.org
E-mail address: caff@caff.org





   Here are some links to other organic relatd web sites.