Argumentative Essay On Organic Food

Jared Kula - Period 2 - Mr. Conner - Organic Food Project

Are Organic Foods Better for Our Health?

For the last ten years, give or take, a “new” kind of food has hit the supermarket shelf, organic food. So in case you don’t know what Organic food is, i’ll explain; organic food, is food produced without any pesticides, or additives, we can easily compare organic foods to all types of farming, known to man in the past millennia. When the only methods of farming were to create nutrient rich soil through natural composts to plant and eventually natural foods, & feed animals said natural foods. Organic foods are important to humans, since while conventional farming deposits chemicals into the earth, to grow stronger crops, organic food is all

Scientist can prove this by using the fact that organic food cannot have any unnatural additives, farmers must combine manure, compost, also other biodegradable materials and organisms. These natural materials that break down into soil that isn’t harmful, like conventionally soil is harmful, since it contains toxic chemicals. Not only is this soil from natural materials not toxic or harmful, but it actually adds positive attributes to organic food, that conventional products don’t typically obtain from their soils(Safer Food). Attributes like: flavonoids, which scientists know to fight cancerous compounds in our bodies(Effects of Diets), but are also able to turn weaker by non-organic pesticides(Organic Diet). Through the fact that organic farming, and harvesting aren’t as harmful to people as conventional farming, and harvesting is; and the fact that organic products have added benefits that affect humans in a positive way, that conventional farming can’t achieve, scientists can prove that organics give humans more benefits, than conventional

Through facts and evidence the educated can change the way humans imagine the food, by making sure supporters of organics, are consuming not only what won't hurt us, but what is best for us, and can lead the human population into a healthier, more natural future. While the everyday person pushes for a world of better living by buying products made only from organics, civilians must also realize that scientists are still finding out about all the negative qualities that come with eating non-organic. So while the geniuses and modern day heroes of the world fight for reasons not to eat chemically sprayed foods, it's up to the working class to spread the word that organics are the safest option while more experiments are being conducted, for organic food’s essence is; untainted, natural, and pure