Mukesh Gupta, Executive Director of Jaipur-based Morarka Organic Foods explains the merits of Organic Food. According to him, organic food is grown without chemicals and pesticides and this boosts health.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Jaipur-based Morarka Organic Foods, Mukesh Gupta, explains the merits of Organic Food. According to him, organic food doesn’t contain food additives that can cause health problems such as heart disease, osteoporosis, migraines, and hyperactivity.
Here are some of the major benefits of organic food listed by Gupta:
Eliminates health risks: Fresh organic produce contains on an average 50 per cent more vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other micro-nutrients than intensively farmed produce.
Protect water quality: The elimination of polluting chemicals and nitrogen leaching, done in combination with soil building, protects and conserve water resource. Organic our water farming reduces toxic farming runoff and pollutants that contaminate our water, soil and air.
Protect future generation’s health: Organic produce is not covered in a cocktail of poisonous chemicals that is harmful for health of your children and grand children.
Keep rural communities health: Farm workers are exposed to the highest concentrations of agricultural pesticides and fertilizers which cause harmful effect to their health. Support a ‘True’ Economy: There is no hidden cost as in case of Conventional Farming compare this with the billions that tax payers fork out to pay for chemicals to be removed from drinking water, mainly as a result of the pesticides used in farming.
Preserving Our Livestock: Intensively-reared dairy cows and farm animals are fed a dangerous cocktails of anti-biotics, growth promoting drugs, anti-parasite drugs and many other medicines on a daily basis, whether they have an illness or not. These drugs are passed directly onto the consumers of their dairy produce or meat, which must be a contributing factor to meat-related diseases like coronaries and high blood pressure.
Top soil: Poor cultivation and cultural practices have created a worldwide top soil crisis. Organic farming practices help to enrich soil with essential nutrient.
Preserve Bio-diversity: Organic agriculture respects the balance demanded of a healthy ecosystem; wildlife is an essential part of a total farm and is encouraged by including forage crops in rotation fence rows, wetlands and other natural areas.