Growing Organic Food: Why It Is Important For You and the Environment
Today we are exposed to a great deal of toxins and harmful chemicals, and beacuse of that growing organic food is becoming more and more important by the day.
Fungi, bugs and micro organisms cause diverse kinds of plant deseases. To protect the crop from these, food grown in a non organic manner is regularly sprayed with various toxins.
The bad news are that the toxins used are not only harmful to the pests they are intended to combat, but to many other living organisms, and among these humans.
But how do these toxins get to us then? Well, for one thing they remain to a certain extent in the plant itself; thereby making you ingest toxins as you eat (doesn’t sound all that delicious, right?). They also trickle down into the ground water, which we drink, use for food preparation and perhaps for watering crops. Some chemicals even spread through the air if the crops are sprayed when it is not absolutely windless.
Depression, cancer and hyperactivity are some of the effects all these chemicals might have on the human body. As I’m sure most people are aware they also threaten the wildlife of our planet, slowly diminishing the number of individuals and species. All this makes it an easy decision to avoid the chemicals whenever you can.
Pretty nifty, this growing organic food idea, don’t you think?
Then how do you go about doing this? Do you have to be a professional gardener, knowing all the nitty-gritties? Absolutely not. You need to have an interest, you need to enjoy working in the garden, and you need to be willing to learn some basic steps.
Engage your children! Most children like gardening, at least some part of it. My own daughter loves sowing and watering the seeds, as well as harvesting the veggies or the flowers. The weeding and the watering during the growing period she gladly leaves to me, although she takes interest in how the growing proceeds.
It is well worth it to put some effort into your gardening, as you will be able to present your family with the freshest and healthiest food ever, all coming from your own garden, tiny, small or large.
