Organic Food
What does bio / organic mean?
- No genetic engineering (neither in feedingstuffs nor in seeds)
- no irradiation
- no toxic cocktail of pesticides, insecticides, hormones, antibiotics etc. in soil and products
- no chemical or synthetic products to protect plants or readily soluble nitrogen fertilizers
- no artificial flavourings or synthetic sweeteners, hence better and genuine taste
- no artificially accelerated plant growth
- known origin
- groundwater protection
- organic agriculture: animal welfare, organic feeding
- human, animal and nature (soil, etc.) in accordance with one another: fostering intact ecosystems
- natural fertilizers, sustainable crop rotation
- responsible use of resources (soil, water, air)
- more bioactive substances (especially vitamins and trace elements)
Bio soils
It is not hard to believe that the avoidance of pesticides is beneficial to:
- Humans cultivating the soil
- animals living here,
- plants growing here and thus
- all humans as we live on the produce.
However, there are further advantages to “organic soil”:
- Organic farmers foster the formation of humus. This entails:
- an improved ability to bind nutrients
- an improved ability to store water and thus a higher probability to avoid flooding and erosion!
Moreover, organic soil can store much more carbon dioxide!
Where can I get organic products?
- Health-food shops
- More and more supermarkets
- Easy and comfortable in the Verival Bio Online-Store!
Bio, genetic engineering and social responsibility
Scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini conducted the first long-term study on the effects of Monsanto´s Roundup Ready Corn on animals and human beings (as published by the International Journal of Biological Sciences ). The result is shocking: After 4 months, rats feeding on genetically engineered corn came down with liver and kidney tumours. After 7 months, female animals showed ulcers on the breast. Rats feeding on genetic corn died much earlier than rats feeding on “normal” rice.
The only solution: organic products!
We will try to illustrate genetically engineered products and their social consequences with the following example:
- Develop a pesticide that kills all plants.
- Genetically engineer a plant (e.g. rice, corn, soya) that is resistant to this pesticide.
- Apply for a patent for both inventions.
- Sell the combination of 1 and 2 to farmers with the promise that they will be able to massively increase agricultural yield.
- Owing to the contract between farmers and Monsato, seeds must be bought anew every year. Once part of the system, farmers are largely dependent on it. Among other things, the rising prices of Monsato's products are increasingly associated with the growing debt and higher suicide rates among Indian rice farmers.
The film "The World According to Monsanto" provides professionally researched and prepared information on the company that was awarded the Worst Company of 2011 by theNatural Society for its continuous effort to endanger the health of mankind as well as the environment. More informations about Monsanto and the crimes of mulitinationals.
The World According to Monsanto
Monsanto: Extinction
Responsible for the content: Ridehere-Ridenow, Association for Conscious Living in the Here and Now, ZVR: 437983246
Sources
- www.bioinfo.at
- Lebensart, Magazin für nachhaltige Lebenskultur, Ausgabe November 2012