In a nut shell you can think of organic foods as those that are produced according to certain standards i.e. grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, and processed without  food additives. Organic livestock are reared without the routine use of antibiotics and without the use of growth hormones.

So why go for organic? At Organic Being we believe organic food is better because:

·         Organic farming is less damaging to our environment because organic farms do not consume or release synthetic pesticides — some of which have the potential to harm soil, water and local terrestrial and aquatic wildlife.

·         Organic farms are better than conventional farms at sustaining diverse ecosystems, i.e., populations of plants and insects, as well as animals.

·         When calculated either per unit area or per unit of yield, organic farms use less energy and produce less waste, e.g., waste such as packaging materials for chemicals.

·         A new report published in March 2008 by The Organic Centre, which promotes organic food, claims that organic food is on average 25% more nutritious than conventional food.

A great way to get more organic food into your diet is to ‘grow your own’ or visit a farmers market or local farm shop but understandably this is not an option for everyone. The way to tell if your supermarket fare is genuinely organic is thankfully rather simple as in the European Union organic food production is legally regulated. Producers are required to obtain organic certification in order to market food as organic.