Organic Food Production And Consumption Offer Many Advantages And Benefits

One of the main advantages of organic food production is that none of these chemicals are used in organic farming. Pollution and damage to the soil and waters – rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, as well as harm to animals and insects, are thus minimized.

Organic farming hence helps to preserve the wildlife biodiversity of nature.

Positive use and impact on land and soil

One of the many advantages of organic food production is that it takes good care of our land and soil resources.

Organic farming reduces the dependence on resources which are not renewable. It encourages the recycling of nutrients back into the soil.

Animal waste and plant waste, compost, including crop residues, are used as natural fertilizers, preserving and even enhancing soil quality and fertility. The farming land can be reused without the need for chemical fertilizers.

Further, organic matter in soil helps to maintain good soil structure as well as improves its water-holding capacity. This also improves soil quality, and reduces soil erosion.

Overall, organic farming preserves, even improves, the quality and fertility of the soil. This is in stark contrast to modern commercial farming methods, which often cause loss of soil quality, reduction of biodiversity, as well as soil erosion.

Health of environment and ecosystems

Another of the advantages of organic food production is that, in organic farming, the health of the environment and ecosystems is of paramount importance.

Organic farms grow a mixture of different types of fruits and vegetables, thereby encouraging a well-balanced and diversified ecosystem.

Due to the absence of chemicals, worms and other important microorganisms which support the natural growth processes of the plants can survive and thrive. These organisms help in pest-control, and they also help to break down organic fertilizers, facilitating the absorption of nutrients by crops.

Organisms, for example insects, which eat pests are able to survive on organic farms, thus offering a natural way of pest control, without the need for synthetic pesticides.
In contrast, conventional farms usually mass produce only a few kinds of produce, and chemicals used also harm many species of insects, microorganisms, birds and other animals.

Overall, modern commercial farming methods really do a lot of damage to the environment and reduce its biodiversity. This is where they really fall short of the advantages of organic food production, which takes good care of the health of the environment and of its ecosystems.

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