Facts

Organic Farming Reduces Greenhouse Emissions

Fast fact on Organic farming and locking in carbon.

Organic Importance Beyond Food

 

Pesticides are Costly!

associated costs of using pesticides

Say no to the "big 3'

 

Banned Chemicals

Although banned in the US, chemicals such as Lindane and DDT are allowed in other countries and are known to cause cancer.

Reducing Pesticide Exposure

top contaminated fruits

Organic Worldwide

Organic in over 100 countries!

Converting to Organic Farmland

By converting less than 3% of the nation's farmland to organic methods, pesticide dietary risks could be driven down to a fraction of today's levels.

Antibiotic Use on Livestock

Pounds of antibiotics used to treat conventional livestock exceeds human use about 8 to 1 (source The Organic Center, 2008)

Organic High in Antioxidants

Organic production increases antioxidant concentrations on average, about 30%. Lycopene in organic catsup is up over 50% more than its conventional counterpart (source, The Organic Center, 2008)

Organic Dairy Products

Switching from Conventional to Organic Dairy Products can Double Intake of Omega 3 (Source: The Organic Center)

Exposure to pesticides can lead to Gestational Diabetes

A team of government scientists found that pregnant women exposed to pesticides occupationally (i.e., spraying, mixing pesticides) had more than double the risk of developing gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy).

Synthetic Farm Chemicals increase Seven Fold

Over the last forty years nitrogen fertilizer use has increased seven-fold and nearly every acre of intensively farmed, conventional cropland is treated with pesticides.

Pesticides Reducing Legume Crop yields by one-third

Scientists estimate that pesticides are reducing legume crop yields by ONE-THIRD through impaired nitrogen fixation. Some 30 pesticides are known to disrupt Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation.

Pesticides in Food and Water

The average child in America is exposed to five pesticides daily in their food and drinking water. (Rodale Institute)

Organic Farming Benefits

If organic farming methods were practiced on all the planet's food-growing land, it would be like taking more than 1.5 billion cars off the road. (Rodale Institute)

Water Contamination

The U.S. water system is regularly contaminated above safe limits immediately following chemical fertilizer applications to farm fields. (Rodale Institute)

Increased Production

Farms in developing countries that use organic techniques produce an average of 79% more than farms that don't. (Rodale Institute)

Organic Milk

 

Organic rats

 

Conventional Ag Pesticide Use

 

It Just Tastes Better!

 

OG corn & soybeans

 

Farm workers & pesticide poisoning

 

Nutrients in organics

 

Eliminate organophosphates in children

 

Antioxidants in organics

 

More nutrients in organics

 

Organics can mitigate global warming

 

On Factory Farming

 

Lingering pesticides

 

Use of USDA logo

 

Alarming Percent of GMO crops

 

Pesticides mimic hormones