tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13882638744251116392024-03-13T20:49:17.952-07:00Origin of Organic Foodorganicfoodselectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04452017008619108080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388263874425111639.post-6931287338810265302014-06-07T01:43:00.000-07:002014-06-07T01:51:22.209-07:00ORIGIN OF ORGANIC FOOD<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span class="apple-converted-space">The organic food is defined differently
in different jurisdictions, in general organic farming responds to
site-specific farming and crop conditions by integrating cultural, biological,
and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological
balance, and conserve biodiversity. Synthetic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticides" title="Pesticides"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pesticides</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_fertilizers" title="Chemical fertilizers"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">chemical fertilizers</span></a> are not allowed,
although certain organically approved pesticides may be used under limited
conditions. In general, organic foods are also not processed using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irradiation" title="Irradiation"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">irradiation</span></a>,
industrial solvents, or chemical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_additives" title="Food additives"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">food
additives</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">Along all history agriculture can be described as having
been organic, justo n 20th century a lot of new chemicals has been introduced
to the food supply. On 1940 the organic movement arose in response to this
industrialization of the agricultura, was the green revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">On 1939, was the first time that the
conception of agricultural methods were described as organic, with the term of
“farm as organic” as a ecologically balance approach to farming, in contrast to
what at this time was calling as “chemical farming”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">The term of “organic” scientifically
refer to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound" title="Organic compound"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a class of molecules that contain carbon</span></a>, so is
inappropriate when applied to farming, but this is completely widespread.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">Was on 2009 with marketing "Know
your farmer, know your food" became the motto of a new and more famouse initiative
instituted by the USDA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">About the compliance of the organic
targets, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan and many other countries
require producers to obtain<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_certification" title="Organic certification"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">special certification</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">With respect to chemical differences in
the composition of organically grown food compared with conventionally grown
food, studies have examined differences in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrients" title="Nutrients"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">nutrients</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrients" title="Antinutrients"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">antinutrients</span></a>,
and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide" title="Pesticide"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pesticide</span></a> residues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">Requirements of organic products certification
vary from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country" title="Country"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">country</span></a> to
country, but FAO defines organic products as: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">“There are many explanations and
definitions for organic agriculture but all converge to state that it is a
system that relies on ecosystem management rather than external agricultural
inputs. It is a system that begins to consider potential environmental and social
impacts by eliminating the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic
fertilizers and pesticides, veterinary drugs, genetically modified seeds and
breeds, preservatives, additives and irradiation. These are replaced with
site-specific management practices that maintain and increase long-term soil
fertility and prevent pest and diseases.<br />
"Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system which
promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological
cycles, and soil biological activity. It emphasises the use of management
practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, taking into account that
regional conditions require locally adapted systems. This is accomplished by
using, where possible, agronomic, biological, and mechanical methods, as
opposed to using synthetic materials, to fulfil any specific function within
the system." (FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, 1999).”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">The most popular claim about organic
food is about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_residue" title="Pesticide residue"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pesticide residues</span></a>. These concerns are
driven by the facts that acute, massive exposure to pesticides can cause
significant adverse health effects; food
products have occasionally been contaminated with pesticides, which can result
in acute toxicity; and most, if not all,
commercially purchased food contains trace amounts of agricultural pesticides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space">Environmental awareness as well as the need to know
exactly what we eat is making society a part of this organic culture that will
have to be implemented by necessity.</span></div>
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