Manure is not the only option, however there ARE organic cows - that's where organic milk and other dairy products come from, as well as organic beef. Composted organic vegetation is an option.
Organic standards require that the land used has not had pesticides applied for at least 7 years. Organic chickens (and their eggs) have eaten nothing but things grown organically. That also means no GMO's, no hormones, as well as no petrochemical pesticides, preservatives, radiation, antibiotics; all the things they have done to our food to poison us. "Natural" pesticides, such as predatory insects which eat other insects but not vegetation are one method of control.
I won't go into a dissertation about what goes into genetically modified foods in addition to lateral transfer of genetic material through agrobacteria (yes, the same thing found in US). Read up on it and you will be horrified.
I have two health food stores I shop at for fresh foods, and they are very down to earth. In fact, some of their items are cheaper than the organic line sold in the supermarkets.
I am finding organic products in more and more places, even super Walmarts.
Yesterday there was a news story about a doctor who "experimented" by eating only organic foods for 3 years, and he was totally amazed at the transformation (improvement)in his health and is now telling all of his patients to eat organic.
The first time I ate an organic strawberry I was shocked. The taste was familiar - like what I remember from my childhood over 50 years ago; same with the tomatoes.
It's just such a nuisance to go looking for it (not around the corner) and the cost, combined with the price of all the supplements, is really killing me.
Oh, well...I've lived long enough.
SS  |