by: Cristina Diaz

During the last decades there has been a change towards

mechanization and homogenization of farming, which uses

pesticides, additives, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers

and mass-production techniques. All this is clearly

affecting mankind's health, and new diseases are spreading

rapidly amongst humans and animals (bird's flu being the

most recent one).

The World Health Organization produces reports to show how

the use of chemicals and other products on food, coupled

with the manufacturing processes involved, are actually a

threat for our health.

If you have space for a few pots or even a small piece of

land, it is a wise decision to grow your own organic

vegetable garden. Today I'm presenting you with seven

reasons for doing this:

1. You will have no additives in your vegetables. Research

by organic food associations has shown that additives in

our food can cause heart diseases, osteoporosis, migraines

and hyperactivity.

2. There will be no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers

used. These chemical products are applied to obtain crops

all the time regardless plagues or weather conditions, and

affect the quality of the vegetables. Besides, pesticides

are usually poisonous to humans.

3. Your vegetables will not be genetically modified (GM).

Antibiotics, drugs and hormones are used on vegetables to

grow more and larger ones. One of the consequences of this

practice are vegetables which look all the same and are

usually tasteless. Besides, we end up consuming the

hormones that have been used on the vegetables, with the

potential risks for our health.

4. Eating your own organic vegetables will be much more

healthy for you. They will not contain any of the products

or chemicals named above, and they will be much more

natural than any ones you would find at the supermarket.

Your health will not be at risk because you will then know

that nothing has been added to your vegetables.

5. Your own organic vegetables will be much more tasty.

The use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, hormones and

antibiotics make vegetables grow unnaturally and take the

taste away from them. With organic vegetables, your

cooking will be enhanced as their flavour will show fully.

6. Organic farming is friendly to the environment. Because

you won't use pesticides or other equally harming products

on your vegetables, you will not damage the soil or the

air with the chemical components.

7. When you grow your own organic vegetables you are

contributing to your own self-sustainability and the

sustainability of the planet. Small communities have been

founded where members exchange products that they grow

naturally, thus contributing to create a friendly and

better place for us all.

In the end, eating organic products only means that we do

not add anything else to them than they would naturally

have. As you can guess, additives, fertilizers, pesticides

or hormones are not components of naturally grown food.

To better care for your health, grown your own organic

vegetables -and a few pots is all you need.