Organic Food Debate 06 - It all Boils Down to Cost

Unfortunately, with many people the main reason why organic food is not experiencing the much needed demand required to bring the majority of farms into the organic era is the problem of cost. Organic food is much more expensive than regular food stuffs. For many people cost is the determining factor when it comes to what to buy at the weekly food shopping expedition. This Sis especially true now we are facing an economical crisis and the purse strings are becoming ever tighter thanks to the formidable credit crunch. It’s therefore more and more difficult to create the demand required to bring the prices down, if we can create enough demand it will reduce the prices of the products, until then the cost is deterring people and organic food is currently still unreliable.

Organic Food Debate 05 - Vegan-ism

Another popular topic to touch upon is the matter of vegan-ism. It’s not the most popular eating diet and many people would stop at vegetarianism rather than go the full way to vegan-ism. However, it is necessary to point out one key factor of vegan-ism that many people are simply unaware of today. The main reason many are now turning to vegan-ism is the dramatic reduction in carbon footprints as an additional benefit that vegan-ism brings. It’s not the most commonly heard of reason for turning anti meta and anti dairy produce and is only one of the benefits of this eating habit but it is worth noting primarily because of the significant rise in environmental awareness we are currently undergoing as a society.

Organic Food Debate 04 - Perfection

Another major concern with non organic food stuffs is the problem of perfectionist standards. The consumer has been conditioned to think that organic food stuffs if not perfectly formed are somehow not very good. That is because they are used to supermarket standards where food has to be perfectly round or perfectly cylindrical, lush in colour and a perfect specimen. If it is not perfectly shaped and coloured it is not used which creates massive amounts of waste.

Therefore another main barrier between customers and organic food is the way it looks. Because organic food is natural and comes as it is, the shapes of the food and the colouring of the food is somewhat alien to the customer and they will “trust” the food much less when compared to it’s perfect non organic counterpart.

Organic Food Debate 02 - The Chemical Free Benefits

Yes there ar multitude of benefits to choose from when it comes to organic food stuffs. What people tend to think about first and foremost is the contaminant levels in the food itself. Food that seems to look like a perfect plastic tomato and remaisn so for many weeks is disturbing to say the least and you can imagine just how many chemicals the food has been saturated with over the period of it’s growth.

In addition to this however, there is also the matter of leaching and environmental concerns. Chemicals used to combat rot, disease and pests are harmful to the soil and nearby water sources.

This is the first of a small series of discussions on the matter of organic food and will also briefly touch on vegan-ism. organic food has been popping up and ducking out of the food market for many years but lately has once again been brought into the limelight as farmers are now turning to fully organic farming to cover this “niche” market. The problem is that it is an extremely expensive process and no guarantee that there is enough demand to sustain the change over.

Organic Food Debate 01 - Demand

One of the underlying problems that the organic food industry faces today is the lack of demand for the products. Unfortunately, there simply aren’t enough people to make the business fully profitable for larger farms and smaller farms alike. Some small time businesses have been able to sustain the organic produce market in their local area as a niche product but many other farms simply cannot sacrifice the income they are receiving from mass production food stuffs for alternative organic farming methods even if they want to. Farms have been hit hard recently and the farming economy is already on the brink of extinction.