A few years ago, hardly anyone in Gurgaon knew about Organic Food. As recently as last year, when eSvasa was started to promote awareness about organic food and gardening, the response we got was ‘what organic! It’s just a fad for people with too much money!’, or ‘children won’t develop an immunity if they eat only organic… they have to go out and eat normal food.’ Today, the situation is really different. Several organic shops have opened and even the skeptics are surprised to see the phenomenal response from Gurgaon-ites.
Initially price was an issue, because people felt that organic was much more expensive than conventional produce. However, if you see a comparison of prices between a few organic brands vis-a-vis conventional, the price difference is not as scary as one would imagine. While a price difference does exist, the health benefits of organic food simply outweigh the cost affects. It may also surprise you to note that for some products, organic is even cheaper than conventional! For eg, the Sanjeev Kapoor range of pickles is more expensive than the organic pickles from Navdanya!
Some of us believe that
Some of us believe that rinsing fruit or vegetables under the tap will remove pesticide from them. We choose fruits and vegetables as healthy nutritious snack foods thinking we are doing something good for our health. Unfortunately that is neither true, nor possible! Even the corporations and governments admit that there are pesticide residues in our food. Drops of water on the skin of an apple will not detoxify it.
Such chemicals are responsible for a number of common allergies and have also been linked to serious diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. An organic diet significantly lowers these risks.
GO ORGANIC !!!! THATS THE SOLUTION TO OUR HEALTH PROBLEMS...