Are you tired of the taste of grocery store tomatoes? Nothing beats organic gardening vegetables... nothing. And, taste is not the only plus to eating organic, test after test show that organically grown vegetables are more nutritious for your family than chemically raised produce.
It has always seems strange to me that people will spend all, or more than, they can afford for a home, and their car has to be the best on the block. But, they buy the cheapest food they can find to put in their bodies.
Your conventional groceries you buy at the local grocery are trucked in from who knows where and are grown with chemicals. When I say they use chemicals I mean they use chemicals for everything.
The ground is prepared with a chemical fertilizer made from natural gas. There many minerals present on this earth and each plant needs it's own combination to grow properly. Over time we have pulled these minerals out of the soil without replenishing all of them. Today many of our soils are deficient in certain minerals. This was even noted in congress of the US many years ago.
Then, there are pesticides and herbicides. Pesticides are used to keep your produce bug free and without blemish. We have been conditioned to look for produce and fruit without any bad spots. When, in reality, the food is just as good with a blemish on it as one without, and tons, maybe millions of tons, are thrown out every year because of some bump on the surface.
Herbicides kill weeds. You can tell a conventional crop field because it looks like plants growing on pavement, nothing growing in the field, but beans, corn or whatever. But, that is against nature. Everything has a purpose in nature and the chemicals have been shown to be a factor in all sorts of health problems.
Organic vegetables are just better for you. You do not have the chemicals to worry about and you are improving your nutrition. In one test organically grown cornmeal was shown to have significantly higher nutrition levels that conventionally grown cornmeal. For instance, the conventional cornmeal had 7.3 grams of protein, but the organic cornmeal contained 11.9 grams, quite a difference.
The best way to make sure you are getting the best nutrition for your family is to raise your own organic vegetables and fruit. You may think that sounds like a lot of work, but if you know how, gardening can be fun and rewarding. Plus, it can give you that exercise you have been planning to start.
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