Organic foods are free of pesticides, fungicides, ripening agents, fumigants and other unhealthy toxic, man-made chemicals. The residues of these toxic chemicals in our food chain are major health hazards for everyone, but especially for our children. Children receive four times the exposure that an adult receives to at least eight widely used cancer-causing pesticides in food. The food choice you make now will impact your child's health in the future.

Organic foods have a greater abundance of life-giving vitamins and minerals in part due to the organic farmers' natural soil rebuilding process and the fact that organic foods are harvested at the ripe stage, instead of the green stage.

It's true that organic foods dont look as pretty or keep as long as standard produce, but that's because they haven't been cosmetically enhanced with chemicals to improve their appearance and lengthen their shelf life. What you lose in shelf life and attractiveness when buying organic foods, you more than make up for in flavor and health benefits. Because organic products are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or chemicals, organic farming is more labor-intensive. The higher price of organically grown produce reflects the greater labor demands placed on organic farmers, but the benefits received far out-weigh the extra cost.