Grow your own organic food

If you grow your own organic food you will not only be reaping health and wellness benefits for yourself and your family, but also helping to make our planet a better place.

Buying organic produce is one solution, but many people find that option to be too pricey for the current budget. But Organic Veggies don't have to be out of reach! Grow your own organic food for pennies on the dollar compared to organic produce purchased at the health food store or supermarket.

It is more important than ever to switch your diet over to organic food. Three types of GMO Corn (genetically modified) have now been tied to Organ Damage. And the Federal Government, in the interest of "Food Safety" is favoring Big Ag over small farms, which will make it that much harder to buy affordable organic food, and will actually hurt our nation's food safety rather than helping it. Over and over again, it's been shown that Big Agriculture is producing unsafe and unhealthy food, with even bigger repercussions such as Bee Colony Collapse, and the Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone.

Organic growing has benefits way beyond the obvious health and taste benefits. Organic growing is much less water intensive, creates a bigger trap for CO2 in the air which helps mitigate global warming, and since your veggies come from your garden right to your table, there's no foreign oil used in transporting them from a farm halfway across the country (or sometimes the world!) to a packing plant, and then to a distribution center for distribution to your supermarket, and no gas getting it to your kitchen! Birds and bees thrive in places where there are no pesticides used. Creating compost from your green waste will mean less garbage going to the landfill, and your green waste will be recycled by turning it into gold for your garden. And there is just nothing that beats my favorite summertime treat, a red, ripe, juicy tomato!

If you don't have a yard, you can still grow your own organic food. If you've got a patio, a balcony or sunny windowsills, you can grow herbs and greens in pots and by organic hydroponic growing methods.

You can also sprout wheatgrass, mung bean or alfalfa seeds and grow your own sprouts to use on salads, in stir fry or in soups.

Herbs are especially wonderful to grow in windowboxes. There is nothing better than using fresh herbs you've grown yourself when you're cooking.