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MCC Daily Tribune

National Organic Month

National Organic Month is a thirty-day-long annual celebration observed in September. It’s a month-long awareness campaign about organic farming and production. In addition to promoting organic foods, it informs the public about how organic farming improves the environment and ensures that the foods we eat are as close to their natural state as possible. Organic foods are foods produced without using chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL ORGANIC MONTH

  1. Grow your own food

    Grow your own. It's vital to reconnect with where our food comes from by getting our hands in the soil. Growing your own herbs is a simple way to get started.

  2. Support organic farmers around you

    Supporting organic farmers by subscribing to a fruit, vegetable, or meat box has numerous advantages. You'll be joining a group of people dedicated to ensuring that the way we farm and eat is better for our health, the environment, and animals.

  3. Treat yourself

    Treat yourself to a wide variety of organic products, enjoy a bath in water fragrant with organic oils, or snack on some decadent organic chocolate. Purchase a bouquet of organically cultivated flowers for yourself or a loved one.

5 FACTS ABOUT ORGANIC PRODUCTS

  1. Organic food is more expensive

    Organic food is usually more expensive than food grown the normal way.

  2. Environmentally friendly alternative

    Organic farming is sustainable and protects our natural resources.

  3. Larger product yield

    Organic farming often provides larger yields than conventional farming.

  4. Fewer pesticides

    The presence of pesticides in the urine of children who eat organic meals is substantially lower than in the urine of children who eat a conventional diet.

  5. Zero pollution of water bodies

    Organic farming methods do not pollute streams or soil in the same way that conventional farming methods do.

WHY NATIONAL ORGANIC MONTH IS IMPORTANT

  1. It’s safe for the planet

    Organic agriculture is based on approaches that not only protect but also strive to promote environmental and animal health. Organic farming uses natural products and methods that build up the soil as opposed to depleting it of important nutrients.

  2. Animal welfare and health

    Organic farmers place a high value on animal welfare and raise their animals without using antibiotics or synthetic growth hormones. Organic farmers feed their animals 100% organic grain and provide them with safe, clean, cage-free living.

  3. Encourages clean eating

    Organic foods encourage clean and informed eating. With organic foods, you avoid putting chemicals, pesticides, growth boosters, and antibiotics into your body.

Sarah Benedict
MCC Wellness Council
09/26/2022