International Organic Day

Words - Lakmini Wijemanne

What is Organic Food ?

It is best that we understood what is termed as organic food.  It is food produce that comes through agriculture that makes healthy food, healthy soil, healthy plants and environment a priority. Organic farmers use biological fertilizer and other practices to improve soil quality so that the natural nutrients present in the soil do not get depleted and adding artificial chemicals to the soil does NOT becomes a necessity. Better soil quality enables better water absorption, reducing impacts of drought and flooding. This also helps to grow healthy crops which are better able to resist pests and diseases.  Organic farming also does not use genetically modified (GM) seed, synthetic pesticides or fertilizer. 

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