18 October 2008

Organic Facts of the Week

  • If
    organic farming methods were practiced on all the planet's food-growing
    land, it would be like taking more than 1.5 billion cars off the road.

  • You can increase your antioxidant intake by 30 percent by choosing organic.

  • The average child in America is exposed to five pesticides daily in their food and drinking water.

  • The
    U.S. water system is regularly contaminated above safe limits
    immediately following chemical fertilizer applications to farm fields.

  • Farms in developing countries that use organic techniques produce an average of 79% more than farms that don't.


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