Organic Facts

~If organic farming methods were practiced on all of the planet's food-growing land, it wouldd be like taking more than 1.5 billion cars off the road.
~You can increase your antioxidant intake by 30% by choosing organic.
~The average child in America is exposed to five pesticides daily in their food and drinking water.
~The U.S. water system is regularly contaminated above safe limits immediately following chemical fertilizer applications to farm fields.
~Farms in developing countries that use organic techniques produce an average of 79% more than farms that don't.

Source: Organic Consumers Association www.organicconsumers.org, and Rodale Institute www.rodaleinstitute.org