Have you ever thought about the food you eat? Of course, you have, we all do. We think about the taste, the ingredients and the health benefits, but that’s it. We don’t question where the food comes from and we barely think about all the chemicals and toxins added to it, because most foods that we are surrounded with are all the same. Food companies that we enjoy are not organically produced for the most part, but are just easier to obtain. We see organic food so rarely and are encouraged so rarely by it that we don’t even think of how healthy and how much better it is for you to eat then the trash served in fast food business or genetically modified foods. We just think of it as an expensive rare market. I believe that people all around the world should support organic food production. In 1983 genetically modified food was introduced to the world, and by 1996 it was brought in stores across the world. It was a huge commercial explosion. Genetically modified food is produced from plants and animals that scientists have been able to modify by changing the gene structure. This change alters the foods characteristics for benefits in the industries eyes such as keeping it fresher longer, but forget about the hazards associated with it.
One of the first examples of genetically modified foods are tomatoes. As you know when a tomato ripens, it reddens becomes soft, and naturally rots. Scientists chemically change the gene that causes this, meaning the tomato can ripen and stay fresh for a longer time. The main reasons why people should support the growing and selling of organic food is so that we can stop putting pesticides in our system and start nourishing our body with the right nutrients. One way GMOs are produced is from farmers injecting tons of toxins into planted seeds.
Close to the end of the process when all the toxins have been added to the plant or food, they then do something called irradiation. This is normal for non-organic foods and is meant to kill the harmful bacteria in the plant which it does do but also kills the good benefits that the food. This process is also a cancer causer. All of this creates terrible meal and product that is terribly unhealthy.
Organic food is more expensive, but if people buy the product more, supply and demand would increase, which then decreases the prices. Making the production and buying of organic food normalized would benefit long term for centuries to come.