The advantages of organic farming are multifaceted and extremely important in the context of our current global food crisis.
As we continue to deepen our understanding and appreciation for the powerful energies within organic whole foods, we begin to see a simple yet profound truth: foods provided to us by the Earth with the least amount of alteration from their natural state tend to be the healthiest.
Wild foods are obviously the foods that have had the least amount of alteration, yet it is also important to honor organic farming methods, because they are human's closest attempt to provide food to the masses that is as energetic and nutrient rich as wild food.
Organic farming can be simply defined as a method of food production that uses no genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or toxic chemicals. Nature has never needed to use these compounds to stimulate its growth capacities. It simply recycles its own nutrients.
Growing authentically — from soil to table
"Authentic farming stresses local, seller-grown, fresh, organic food — concepts that are not so easy for agribusiness to appropriate. This supports the health of the ecosystem, our bodies, and the local economy." — Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine
Including but also taking steps further than organic farming is authentic farming. The definition of authentic farming by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. in Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine is that it "stresses local, seller-grown, fresh, organic food — concepts that are not so easy for agribusiness to appropriate. This supports the health of the ecosystem, our bodies, and the local economy."
The key concept in this definition is that authentic food is even closer to how we would eat food in the wild, which is fresh, local, and organic. Eating organic food that is not local or necessarily fresh is still incredibly important and should be encouraged so that this industry can flourish, however, when possible it is great to support authentic farming as well.
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