Vegan? and organic?

Question

If you eat conventionally grown food, then you are paying farmers to spray insecticides. This kills thousands of insects, and other animals such as birds. Conventional farming also destroys soil, and all this damages the ecosystem severly. In my opinion, vegans (who are driven by compassion) might think about buying more organic food. What do you think?

Answer 1

Yes, I think that even if you are not vegan, vegetarian, etc. you should AT LEAST be eating organic food.

I know many people that eat organic food only because it tastes better. They don't care about their health, they just want flavour.

Once you eat organic food, especially FRESH, straight from the farm or your garden, you will lean that the stuff from the store (organic or not) is really OLD and flavourless.

Imported food, is even worse, and can sit at the border for MONTHS!!! This is why they pick the food green. By the time it gets to the distributor half of it is rotten, but they put it all through a washing system and sort the bad from the stuff that still LOOKS good and off it goes to the store. Yuck.

Answer 2

"Organic" is simply a marketing tool that was devised to sell food at an increased price.

Conventional farming does not mean spraying for insects and it doesn't damage the soil or the ecosystem. Conventional farming is more ecologically friendly. Conventional family farms use many methods to preserve the soil such as crop rotation and no till planting. So called organic farming is simply farming using the methods that were common 30-40 years ago.

Answer 3

I think organic and locally grown is the way to go and even people with apartments can grow many plants.
Stores like Whole Foods sells many organic foods and I think it's local but more within the USA local; the 100 food mile diet doesn't apply there I think.

You can always type in the zip code here and find any local farmers near you:
http://www.localharvest.org/
They may even be an organic farm. If not go yourself and check if they meet your standards of a cruelty-free farm.

Answer 4

Organic produce is fertilized with rendered animal parts so if you're picking your poison just buy the cheaper one.

Oddly, produce, the staple of the vegan diet, is the thing that's almost impossible for them to get without some form of animal exploitation involved. Simply because it's too expensive for commercial farmers to grow crops any other way.

Answer 5

Oh, ye of the misinformed. Organic farms use plenty of pesticides, and because of their nature and lower strength, the organic pesticides are often used many times over on the same field, where a synthetic pesticide could have accomplished the job with one pass (saving fuel too, not just chemicals).

Here's the list:

http://www.omri.org/OPL2007_more.html

Answer 6

Many grocery stores are carrying organic fresh fruits, veggies, and juices now. Whole Foods is a very good store for variety (both fresh and processed), but can be expensive. For processed foods, you might try a health store or other specialty stores, or check for specialty sections in Kroger or Target. Farmer's markets and other local produce shops are good if you have them in your area.

Answer 7

Most vegans already buy organics.

Answer 8

i wanna buy a natural farm

Answer 9

I would assume most do.