Protect Future Generations

Children receive four times the exposure than an adult to at least 8 widely used cancer-causing pesticides in food.

Prevent Soil Erosion

The Soil Conservation service estimates that more than three billion tons of topsoil are eroded from the United states croplands each year.

Protect Water Quality

Water makes up two-thirds of our body mass and covers three-fourths of the planet. Despite its importance, pesticides - some cancer causing - contaminate ground water in numerous states and provinces, polluting the primary source of drinking water for millions of North Americans.

Save Energy

Modern farming uses more petroleum than any other single industry, consuming 12 percent of the country's total energy supply. More energy is now used to produce synthetic fertilizers than to till, cultivate, and harvest all the crops in the United States.

Keep Chemicals Off Your Plate

The EPA considers that 60 percent of all herbicides, 90 percent of all fungicides and 30 percent of all inscecticides are carcinogenic. A 1987 National Academy of Sciences report estimated that pesticides might cause an extra 1.4 million cancer cases among Americans over their lifetimes.

Protect Farm Workers Health

A Natural Cancer Institue study found that farmers exposed to herbicides had a greater risk, by a factor of six, than non-farmers of contracting cancer.

Help Small Farmers

It's estimated that the United States has lost more than 650,000 family farms in the past decade. The US Department of Agriculture predicts half of this country's farm production will come from 1 percent of farms by the year 2000, so organic farming could become one of the few hopes left for family farms.

Support a True Economy

Conventional food prices do not reflect hidden cost borne by taxpayers, including nearly $74 billion in federal subsidies in 1988. Other hidden costs include pesticide regulation and testing, hazardous waste disposal and clean up, and environmental damage.

Promote Biodiversity

Mono cropping, the practice of planting large plots of land with same crop year.

To Taste Better Flavor

There's a good reason many chef's use organic foods in their recipes. They taste better! Where can the consumer get organic products? You don't have to go directly to the farmer anymore, as many stores are starting to carry various organically grown products. There are also services such as SUBURBAN ORGANICS, that will deliver to your door on a weekly basis.

While the price may seem higher than regular produce, there is also mounting evidence that if all of the indirect costs of conventional food production (cleanup of polluted water, replacement of eroded soils) were factored into the price of conventionally grown food, the price would be comparable or higher to the cost of organic foods.The benefits of organic produce are clear, and show why so many people buy organic!

We are committed to doing what is right, and to knowing what's right, so we want to communicate with you, our lovely audience, about the importance of the Organic Revolution, and the food that goes with it. Please feel free to contact us at hello@suburbanorganics.com to discuss what we are doing, and how we can continuously improve our service to you.

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