Why Organic – Because We Must Protect Our Planet

As ProNature continues to take you through the benefits of organic food, today we focus on the environmental benefits of organic food products.

Way back during the time of the green revolution, chemical fertilizers and pesticides came in and revolutionized farming. At least they seemed to. Traditional and age-old methods of farming were replaced with chemical-based supportives and machines. And it worked well for a many years before the true fallout started rearing its ugly head.

The truth is that by using chemical fertilizers that enrich the soil with only the major minerals like Potassium, Phosphorus etc instead of more than fifteen that the soil really needs, we are in fact depleting the soil more than enriching it. Over a period of time, the soil is robbed of its fertility and is unable to yield the same crop for the same quantity of fertilizers. That sets off a vicious cycle of adding more and more fertilizer to the soil by the season and depleting it like never before.

In organic farming, soil is the foundation of the food. Organic farming systems use a variety of natural processes – sustainable crop rotations, maintenance of biodiversity, optimum crop health, composting - to enhance the health of crops and the soil and reduce the incidence of pests, diseases and weeds, thereby minimizing the need for chemical inputs. Organic farming uses natural manure that truly enriches the soil in the real sense and hence sustains the natural cycle of life on Earth. Also, organic foods are not sprayed with a potpourri of pesticides that kill any life-system surrounding a farm-ecology. So any organic farm is buzzing with life and the goodness of nature.  Organic farms support and nurture our beautiful and diverse wildlife. 

Organic farming, food and lifestyle is a holistic way of spending and sharing our time on planet Earth, the only planet that sustains life in our solar system and one that our children will inhabit. For that reason, it is the wisest option to switch to organic and help protect the planet in addition to protecting our own health.