Organic Foods – why so expensive?
Ever try to go “organic” and buy some organic fruit, vegetables or milk? Then you look at the price and say, “Oh, my” and wonder why organic costs so much more? So what gives, why do you have to pay more for the healthier organic option? Chemicals, pesticides – one reason people buy organic foods is that they aren’t sprayed with all the pesticides and chemicals. And organic farmers do raise their produce and products without the use of pesticides that are harmful to your health and harmful to the environment. But this means farmers can lose more of their crop to insects, fungus and other plant diseases. Also, without the chemical preservatives some foods won’t last as long on the shelf. Hormones – many farmers use growth hormones or enhancers to make the animals grow faster and can go to market sooner. Organic farmers don’t use these hormones but then spend the extra money as the animals like chickens take ...