I have recently been seeing many articles on how home or organically grown foods are better for the environment and your personal health. The truth about industrially produced foods is that pesticides are sprayed on all crops to prevent having unusable or eaten plants. This action results in the loss of biodiversity and the loss of key species. Water pollution, soil contamination and adverse health effects for the workers and consumers also are effects of pesticide use. Farmers also severely genetically engineered crops to meet the public's standards of "perfect produce." The modification that these farmers are doing is also extremely harmful to people's health. A truly perfect fruit or vegetable is one that has not been altered in any way, either through the actual plant or things that are added to it.
link to key information:
http://www.sustainabletable.org/804/ind … production
As a solution to this problem, we could all begin to start our own gardens in our own backyards. My family currently has 3 large grapevines and strawberry and orange plants. An alterna tive if you don't have space is to buy from a farmer's market where all produce is 100% natural and unmodified in any way.
link to key information:
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natu … rs-market/

Hi Yara. I love what you wrote here. I completely agree with what you are saying. I too have heard lots about the problems from big farms mass producing food, especially with pesticides. Also the issues of GMOs has become huge, because companies are believing they can find ways to make their food better than what it already is by adding in things that they think help us, however just hurt out systems, and the environment. I have tons of friends and family members who have their own gardens, and they cannot stop saying good things about it. We grow our own lemons in our yard, but sadly that is all we have room for. We do go up to the famers market every weekend when we have the chance to.
Here is a link to a non GMO organization
http://www.nongmoproject.org/