Which Organic Foods Are Worth The Switch?
Isn’t the FDA supposed to, you know, check the food for toxins and stuff like that?
Via WMTW (10/20/2009):
Organic food has risen to become a major market over the past quarter century.
According to industry-standard surveys completed by the Organic Trade Association, 2008 organic food sales in the U.S. totaled nearly $23 billion. Although this accounts for only 3.5 percent of all U.S. food sales, it was a 15.8 percent increase from 2007, while the entire U.S. food sales averaged only a 4.9 percent increase.
Supporters say there are two major benefits to eating organic food. First, it’s a socially and environmentally-conscious choice: Organic food supports sustainable agriculture rather than destroying the land and contaminating the environment, and it often better supports smaller local growers. Second, it’s healthier to eat products that do not have toxins in them than to eat those that do.