Natural Cooking Blog

The whole basis of organic foods is based on the understanding that almost all synthetically made pesticides, hormones and pesticides are banned from use in organic food farming. As a result the dangerous chemicals are not included into your food and don’t end up harming your body and your health.

But how is is possible for farmers to save their hard earned crops using no pesticides? Very easily using something called as Natural organic pest control. If you have been planning to get your tiny home garden converted to a completely organic patch then here’s something you can try to keep your food pesticide free.

Using companion planting is one really great technique that most farmers use to save their produce and the concept is really simple. Companion planting

is a process in which different and specific plant combinations are grown to keep pests away as well as increase the strength of a plants’ immune system.

This is a really great way to make sure your plants are safe although you won’t get 100% pest free plants. The best companion plants are available as a complete listing on www.attra.org. I’m not really sure how this works but it seems to be effective to both varieties of plants to save then from pests.

The debate is always there regarding the worth of vegan food. For consumers who were not willing to eat food which was prepared using pesticides and fertilizers or genetically altered produce and irradiated meats, organic food was the best option. But the cost faction was always there!

For example, the definition of organic was according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture standards, 2002,

National Organic Program, that all organic produce is grown with completely natural methods using no pesticides or fertilizers or synthetic ingredients or even sewage sludge. All most all organic produce like , meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products are not supposed to be provided antibiotics or growth hormones and are not in pens for grazing. As a result you can just imagine the manual labor required to get you healthy and pest free food.

This reflects in the food with a pound of conventional potatoes costing 69 cents when normally produced and $1.49 when its grown organically and 99 cents when its sold as health food!But scientists are not satisfied with the claim that organic food is really more  healthy and are claiming that the extra prices are really a ploy to hood wink customers to pay more for a simple tag!