Why organic food?

There is a sudden buzz about Organic Food. You must be wondering why this sudden amplified attention to organic food?

Though the answer is obvious many people have refrained from making a shift. Probably because some of us find it’s over hyped, expensive or simply because we cannot guarantee its authenticity.

Let’s first understand why organic food is an imperative?

Organic food is best for your palate and planet.

Chemicals aren’t used to grow organic food, nor are they used to boost the soil fertility. Chemicals aren’t sprayed on the crops either.

While organic food contains natural nutrients, it is also free from pesticides and chemicals. Surely, your body and mind are adversely impacted due to chemicals used in conventional foods.

So, when you consume toxic laden food it’s not adding to your good health. It is rather harming it. The food that you hope will protect your health is harming it. Growth hormones are injected in fruits, pulses and vegetables. Our food is not grown naturally thus, resulting in obesity, psychological disorders, depression, mood swings, hyper activity, and irritability. Most illnesses are food related. So it’s time you shift to organic food.

Organic food preserves your health and is a blessing to Mother Nature. It increases soil fertility, and conserves water along with reducing carbon dioxide. This slows climate change and the impact of global warming.

Organic food protects the planet. It exists and grows without harming the environment. Surely it isn’t expensive considering the fact that it boosts your health and preserves our environment. And when you buy organic foods from us, stay rest assured of its authenticity and quality. We aim to provide our customers with healthy chemical free nutritious meals and food that heals your body, mind and soul.

Let’s be in sync with nature and do our bit to protect the soil that reaps rewards for us. Let’s treat our mother nature with love and care.

BRIEF:

Friends of Farmer has grown on the principles of health, ecology, and care. We believe in working with a large number of accredited farmers who do not use or promote the use of pesticides and genetically modified seeds to grow their produce. We aim to give our customers a healthy chemical-free meal for the perfect nutrition.

‘We are what we eat’ is saying that what we choose to eat is who we are.

Our modern diet has become more and more intolerable to our natural state of being, where many illnesses and dis-eases in the body are coming from what we eat and our general lifestyle.

We call ourselves the most intelligent species on earth, yet what we eat is not always what our body is asking for.

Could we as humans learn from the animal kingdom who respect their body and only eat what they need and never more?

We have become a nation who indulges in excess on foods and in particular those that are deeply harmful to our body.

Most fruits and vegetables are loaded with essential nutrients that are good for your body and mind. However, commercial demands and competition in the market often make farmers use fertilizers and pesticides in order to increase their yield. According to nutritionist Naini Setalvad, ‘Today growth hormones are injected in fruits, vegetables, pulses, poultry and meat to make them larger and plumper. Humans are consuming these products thereby eating these chemicals too. Research has documented and proven that these hormones and chemicals are what are causing the humungous (obesity) sizes in people today. The chemicals and the preservatives are the cause of psychological disorders, depression, mood swings, hyper activity and irritability that have now become a common phenomenon. Infertility in men, problems in conceiving, early puberty among children as young as eight is another by product of consuming such foods.’

It is difficult, if not impossible for us to stand up and fight against such unhealthy practices adopted by farmers. But, that doesn’t mean we have to continue eating foods laced with pesticides. Organic farming is taking the country by storm and more and more people are choosing to eat organically grown foods. Let’s learn more about the process of organic farming and why it is healthier than conventional food.

How is organic farming done?

Simply put, organic farming is done without using fertilizers and pesticides. Instead, alternative farming practices like crop rotation, use of green and animal manure, etc. are employed. Read more about how pesticides are harmful for you.

Why is organic food healthier than normally produced food?

According to nutritionist Naini Setalvad, ‘An organic diet is not just about nutrition, it is the Art of Eating it reflects your attitude to life and to the world, because good food sustains life-bad food kills. For healthy growth, we need PURE food. Organic food is safe, pure, more nutritious, environment friendly, protects against diseases and maintains peace of mind. A pure diet fosters purity of mind, body and soul. the first advice is ‘to keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom and keep our mind strong and clear’.

We have been buying fresh vegetables🍆🍅🥔🧅🧄🫑🌽🥕 and fruits from Friends of Farmers🌿🌿 from the past few months.

The difference in taste, freshness, and quality of organic supplies is remarkable.

 Once you taste food which is free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, it is difficult to go back to commercial vegetables grown using chemicals that you get in the market.

This time we tried the Alphonso mangoes🥭🥭 and they were juicy and delicious.

 You can try eating a FoF fruit 🍒🍑🍓🍉🍇🍌and chemical fruit one after another and know the difference for yourself.

Thanks to all the farmers and FoF team for delivering such high quality, fresh supplies

Thank you!

-Heramb Sukhtankar

Why choose Organic

Organic fruits and vegetables are alive, unlike conventional ones which are coated with waxes and sprayed with chemicals, basically mummifying them. We treat nature as it should be – to allow us to provide the freshest possible produce free from harmful pesticides and chemicals, that disrupt our physical health and mental wellbeing.

A little known fact about the human body is that 90% of our illnesses and ailments are food-related. They can be brought on by overconsumption of toxins through our meals, but can also be healed by the very same source – food. Good, organic, toxin-free food is the biggest gift we can give our bodies.

By choosing Organic foods, we make a promise to ourselves, our community, and our planet to live in synergy with our surroundings. We take a very important step in protecting our soils, our farmers, and our families. We vow to come together and change the way we consume, and in turn, evolve our interaction with our environment.