I just saw these reasons on a piece of paper at Park Street Cafe (laminated even!) — reasons for buying organics. It didn’t say who prepared it, where they got em’, but they resonated with what I know about organics already.

Our house eats about 95% organic — almost 100% during Summer.
Yes. It costs more. Yes. It tastes better. Yes. It’s the right choice.

And I knew it would make a great blog post.

10 Reasons to Buy Organics

1) ORGANIC FOOD MEETS STRINGENT STANDARDS that are required of any grower approved for certification. Orgnaic farms are inspected a least once a year.

2) ORGANIC FOOD TASTES GREAT because it is grown in healthy living soils and typically picked ripe and shipped direct.

3) ORGANIC FOOD IS HEALTHY because it is not exposed to persistent pesticides and on avearage contains more nutrients such as Vitamin C, magnesium, calcium and iron, and important cancer-fighting antioxidants.

4) ORGANIC FOOD CONTAINS NO GMOs, which are prohibited under organic standards.

5) ORGANIC FOOD IS SAFER FOR CHILDREN who eat larger amounts of fruits and vegetables for their body weight, and so run higher risks from exposure to pesticides.

6) ORGANIC FARMERS PRESERVE AND BUILD HEALTHY SOIL, the foundation of the food chain and the primary focus of organic farming.

7) ORGANIC FARMERS PRESERVE WATER RESOURCES by eliminating polluting chemicals and nitrogen leaching.

8) ORGANIC FARMERS PRESERVE PLANT DIVERSITY by using genetically diverse varieties. While conventional farming seeks to use fewer varieties developed to prosper within more universal and heavily controlled production systems, organic farmers tend to use varieties adapted to local conditions.

9) ORGANIC FARMERS PRESERVE SPECIES DIVERSITY by including forage crops in rotation and retaining fence rows, wetlands and other natural areas.

10) ORGANIC FARMING HELPS KEEP RURAL COMMUNITIES HEALTHY by offering small farms an alternative market where sellers can command fair prices for crops. With the USDA reporting that half of farm production comes from only 2% of farms and 650,000 family farms lost in the last decade, this support can serve as a critical marketing lifeline.