The Organic Food Industry Has Re Implemented The Primitive...

Over the past few years, the food industry has seen a significant increase in the demand for organically grown foods over the alternative choice of conventionally grown food. In 1990, the revenue spent on organic foods was about $1 billion, in 2009 sales soared to $26.6 billion, and in 2014, sales reached the highest ever at $34.7 billion .The cause of the increase in demand can be attributed to the common belief that organic foods are healthier for human consumption, and healthier for our environment (USDA). There’s an overwhelming concern about how our food is produced, and how it impacts our environment and our economy. The organic food industry has re-implemented the primitive process of growing food before the corporate companies†¦show more content†¦According to the NOP guidelines for organic crop production, pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, genetically engineered seeds, and sewer sludge-based fertilizers are not acceptable when raising organic food. When the organic method is used to raise animals, the use of antibiotics or growth hormones is not acceptable (USDA, National Organic Program). Organic feed must be used, and the animals have to be granted access to the outdoors. The organic farming method puts ecologically friendly techniques into practice by relying on biological pest management and compositing (Dimitri). Organic food is grown without using synthetic chemicals, antibiotics, or hormones in both crop production and raising livestock (Dimitri). According to the International Federation on Organic Agriculture Movements, the purpose behind organic food production is to â€Å"encourage and enhance the biological cycle within the farming system to maintain and increase long-term fertility of soils, minimize all forms of pollution, avoid the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, maintain genetic diversity of the production system, consider the wider social and ecological impact of the food production and processing system, and to produce food of high quality in sufficient quantity† (Bourn). Within the last 70 years, industrialized agriculture is now referred as