Going Organic: What's the Real Deal Anyway?

By Hilary Rowland

      Organic foods are becoming more and more popular--and with good reason!

Nowadays much of non-organic produce is GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms.) This means that a field is sprayed with a chemical designed to kill every last bit of vegetation in the field. Then special genetically modified plants that are resistant to the chemical are planted. These GMO plants are, consequently, the only things that are alive in the fields. Doesn't sound too healthy, eh? Not only does this suck all of the nutrients out of the soil and ruin land but we still don't know what long-term effects these chemicals have on humans.

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