Why Is America Going Organic - 1597 Words

Why is America going organic? Is it because Dr. OZ told them to? Is it because there are promises of losing weight and younger looking skin? What would make a person spend double the price for organic food and turn around a drink a coke? I am not saying organic foods are bad. I am saying unless you are going to be 100% committed, why bother? Organic farming is a $63 billion dollar business and about half of that is from Americans feeling the need to healthier. Everybody is trying to get into the business. Natural products are a $290 billion in the United States. Big chain stores like Wal-Mart even want a piece of the pie, because it is such a lucrative market. My question to Americans, is how do you know you are really getting†¦show more content†¦Whole Foods is well known in the organic business but they also are telling lies on their website. â€Å" Organic products meet stringent standards†¨. Organic certification is the public s assurance that products have been grown and handled according to strict procedures without persistent toxic chemical inputs. Why would Whole Foods tell such lies? Organic Products do not go through stringent standards. All you need for organic certification is the paperwork. Did you know organic farms use so-called natural pesticides? Natural pesticides are not regulated or even understood as their synthetic conventional pesticides. Studies show that conventional and organic farms use the same amount of pesticides and both are considered safe. The website also goes on to claim that organic foods taste better. Again I go back to that apple. Can you really tell a difference? Before writing this article, I used my family as guinea pigs. I even blindfolded them to it fun. Two out of my five family members chose the conventional grown apple. Whole foods continue to make all these accusations about how much better organic foods are by misleading the public. (3) Remember from earlier, this is a billion dollar business. For the two apples I purchased, one apple cost $0.85 and the organic one cost $2.34 and i t wasn’t much bigger in size. (1) I often wonder, what started organic foods and reality T.V? Why do Americans think that their child will obese if he enjoys candy or get cancer if