Comments on: Vegetarians and Toxins http://www.vegetarian-worldwide.com/lifestyle/vegetarians-and-toxins/ Vegetarian News and Views Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John Dicus http://www.vegetarian-worldwide.com/lifestyle/vegetarians-and-toxins/#comment-17 John Dicus Thu, 08 May 2008 19:15:18 +0000 http://www.vegetarian-worldwide.com/?p=20#comment-17 Right you are on all of these points! There is a deeper meaning ehre also... the absence of extremely harmful pesticides and herbicides means there is less harm to the environment in general. The run-off of toxins from field to strema nd into the lakes can lead to a myriad of complications for the environment and downstream people. Buying organic food is often going to be helping the small family farms who can attend to the micro management of their land and plants much better than a large corporate farm can. Organics does not mean a reduction in yield per acre as is often promulgated by corporate farm backers, on the contrary, there are many examples of small farms with much higher yields per acre due to the highly complex interactions between plants and animals and humans... as well as the (generally) more intensive cultivation practices used. Right you are on all of these points!
There is a deeper meaning ehre also… the absence of extremely harmful pesticides and herbicides means there is less harm to the environment in general. The run-off of toxins from field to strema nd into the lakes can lead to a myriad of complications for the environment and downstream people.
Buying organic food is often going to be helping the small family farms who can attend to the micro management of their land and plants much better than a large corporate farm can.
Organics does not mean a reduction in yield per acre as is often promulgated by corporate farm backers, on the contrary, there are many examples of small farms with much higher yields per acre due to the highly complex interactions between plants and animals and humans… as well as the (generally) more intensive cultivation practices used.

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