| Organic food is generally considered to be | | | | is perhaps for this reason that organic baby food |
| produced without the use of artificial fertilisers, | | | | has become very popular. A university of |
| without synthetic pesticides or antibiotics, | | | | Washington study found that preschool children |
| hormones or other growth promoters. There are | | | | fed regular diets had six times more metabolised |
| thus standards to which organic food is produced, | | | | organophosphate pesticides in their bodies than |
| traditionally on small family run farms, but there | | | | children who had been fed on organic diets. |
| are some larger operations emerging since | | | | Organic fruit vegetables and juices as a part of a |
| evidence has emerged that organic farming is | | | | healthy balanced diet can considerably reduce |
| more environmentally friendly and more | | | | exposure to harmful pesticides.When shopping for |
| sustainable that many contemporary farming | | | | organic foods to complete the cooking formulas |
| techniques. There are also benefits for the people | | | | of your favourite organic food recipes, look out |
| who eat organic farm produce.The advantages of | | | | for the organic certification of a product. The |
| organic food for the consumer include higher | | | | certification of organic food is done to protect the |
| nutritional levels, and over the long term studies | | | | consumer in the growing market for organic |
| have found the health benefits to be substantial. It | | | | foods. |