Why are these stores important?

Whole Foods Market and Raison Rack stores are very important to have in our society. These stores represent whole organic foods that are needed in our world. They present that eating organic foods is possible in your local community. You just have to do a little researching before hand to figure out what you need to look for.

These stores have a potential to hopefully grow in the future. If these stores grow, I hope that a lot of factory farms will begin to diminish in time. If factory farms start to diminish than our food will potentially be a lot healtheir for us to eat. Also, it will help protect our planet.

Of course, these goals of factory farms and actually accomplishing them are going to take a lot of hard work and a lot of time. This is why we need everybody to help and not give in to factory farming. Yes, the food is cheaper, but our health in a long run will pay off the difference in medical bills.

Raison Rack

For another example of where you can get organic foods, I will introduce you to Raisin Rack. It is a store that is locally run in Ohio. It sells lots of organic groceries, gluten-free foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, meats, vegan, beverages, water, grains, nuts, seeds, and herbs.

In addition, they also sell many varieties of supplements, minerals, vitamins, herbals, and personal-care products. They are also apart of the American Electric Power's green product program. They save about 100,000 kilowatt hours per month. As well as this, they recycle their plastic and cardboard bags.

For more information on these stores go to: http://www.raisinrack.net/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=13T859V47NGF9N44EB2PFAB7J308BJT1

Whole Foods Market

You might be asking, where can I buy organic foods? Whole Foods Market is a great place to start! At Whole Foods Market, they search for the least processed and best tasting. They believe in food with no artifical ingredients such as: sweetners, coloring, and presertatives.

Also, they want to take care of our world. They are actively supportative of organic farming and good agriculture to help protect our planet. In additon, they also donate food to food banks, sponsor neighboorhood events, and donate to local non-profit groups.

For more information and for locations of Whole Foods Market go to: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/

Why are organic foods so important?

Organic foods can be very important to someones diet. They are foods that do not contain added pesticides or chemicals. Therefore, they do not have any harmful substances going in to your body. If you eat organic foods, you are potentially making your body healthier.

It is especially important for children to eat organic food because they are highly more vulnerable to diseases and toxins. It is important that are children are taught how to eat healthy from the beginning, so they can live healthy for the rest of their life. If they do this, they can live a long, happy life.

Also, eating organic food can be a lot better for our environment. We need to protect our air and water from the horrible chemicals that leak and spread into both of these. It is becoming a growing problem in North America. In some places, the herbicides actually evaporates in to the air and has an effect on plant life when it spreads!

I will give you more information on why eating organic foods is important when I find more information out.

Source:
Ostrander, Chris. "Organic Foods - What's the big deal?" 07 Nov 2010. <http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/tenreasons.htm>.

What are Organic Foods?

Organic meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs are things that come from animals that do not have hormones or antibiotics added to them. They are not produced with pesticides or fertilizers that use synthetic ingredients. Organic foods are a lot healthier and more nutritious than foods that are not raised the same way.

Organic can only be certified if it is checked and inspected. Places that certify their food as organic are checked by certified government officials to ensure they approved USDA organic standards. They double check that they use organic standards, and that they are not contaminating anything with pesticides or anything else possibly dangerous.