What Got Me Curious About Organic

"Organic" has been my word of the day (more like word of the YEAR) lately. I've been reading up on the importance of organic, WHY organic, what's out there, etc. And wow, there's a lot we should really know! (A LOT of people don't know this because the food industry doesn't want us to know; others don't know because they choose to ignore the truth.)

To begin with, what sparked my interest enough to stretch my curiosities in this direction? Well, you know how the news goes...you hear about how eggs are bad for you, how cows are being pumped full of hormones and girls are getting periods at 7 years old, how pig farms are so nasty... Headlines like those got me wondering what are the alternatives and how can I avoid this? Additionally, I used to work with an extreme vegetarian, almost vegan woman...she was totally insane in her love for animals...not exactly what turned me onto this route, but she was enough to get me thinking. Then my hair gal got me turned onto it in a more positive way, which was good because I was beginning to think that vegetarians were animal loving, people hating unhumans with a psycho agenda in life. So that's what got me started in researching this.

So...WHY organic? Why do I want to go organic? And why can't I?

Well, the bottom line is that we as a society have been independent on somebody else for food for YEARS. It started just after caveman days, but more so TOTALLY reliant around the 1700s. Whereas cavemen hunted and gathered their own food for themselves, then moved when food was insufficient, society started growing and processing food...Eventually, we needed food to last LONGER, so people made ways to PRESERVE food, to make them last longer. Secondly, because societies got LARGER and more reliant on others for food, farmers had to basically make their animals MASS PRODUCE...had to inject hormones to beef them up, inject antibiotics to keep them from getting sick, started MAKING them mass produce other little baby animals. Farmers also had to feed them grains instead of green grass. Take all these MODIFICATIONS, and we end up with BAD FOOD.

Our foods now have hormones, pesticides, tons of preservatives. Most of it genetically modified. Corn and soy are used in A LOT of what we eat, which is NOT good. We're eating FAKE food basically...food lacking in true nutrients, vitamins and minerals. We're eating food that's almost not food anymore, after all the alterations it goes through.

So that's why I TRY to go organic. But why don't I go head-on organic? For the obvious reason...it's expensive. And yes, my family's health is worth it. But it's really difficult to double our grocery bill.

To be honest, reading all this stuff about how bad our food is is totally overwhelming. It's to a point where I feel we can't eat ANYTHING and be safe. Can't drink cow milk, soy milk, Juicy Juice, orange juice, water, soda... The bottom line here is I think it's important to be INFORMED. Then from there, all we can do is do the best we can. Buy what we can afford and avoid what we can without driving ourselves crazy.

I think what I'm going to do is write short blogs on things I find that I personally find interesting. In no way am I trying to convert anyone. In no way am I judging anyone. I just want to inform.

Oh and one more thing...my parents say, "We've been eating this stuff since we were born and we're still alive today." True. They are definitely alive. But if you notice, today, we all have a lot more health problems. There's a lot of cancers going around. Kids are reaching puberty sooner. There's a lot of obesity. I wonder why.