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U S News Fruits And Vegetables
1,524 wordsOrganic farming began in the late 1940 s in the United States, and in recent years it has seen a dramatic increase in popularity (Rubin 1). The sales of organic foods have been increasing by about 20 percent a year over the past decade (Marcus 1). That is over ten times the rate of their conventional counterparts (Harris 1). There are 10 million consumers of organic food in the United States, yet organic food represents only one percent of the nations food supply. This year organic food sales ar...
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Organic Foods Organic Farming
517 wordsNevertheless, America's appetite for all-natural, organic food has grown at the remarkable rate of over 20 percent annually for the past 10 years. This makes organic agriculture -- farming and processing food without the use of synthetic chemicals, such as synthetic pesticides and many inorganic fertilizers -- the fastest growing sector of America's agricultural economy. Contrast that to the scarcity of organic items to be found 20 years ago... and those only in specialty shops. Today, organic s...
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The Dangers Of Genetically Modified Foods
1,625 wordsThe Dangers of genetically modified foods Abstract- Genetically modified foods in food production are a matter of major controversy and catching the attention of much media exposure. Huge international companies are involved in risky global experiment to introduce outside numbers of genetically engineered foods broadly into markets food supply. Genetically modified foods trigger many issues in the area of scientific, technological, environmental, social, ethical, economic, and political among so...
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Fruits And Vegetables Fruits Vegetables
1,131 wordsSpecific Purpose: To persuade my audience to eat a healthy diet I. Introduction 1. Attention Getter: When you think of someone happy, successful, beautiful which image comes to your mind? An image of someone tired, overweight, sweaty, who is sitting in front of TV with a bowl of potato chips and a large glass of cola? Probably not. Most of us visualize a healthy person as someone who is active, spends much time outside, does sports, is slim, energetic and who eats healthy foods. People want to b...
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Chemical Fertilizers Organic Farming
2,228 wordsOrganically grown or produced foods are better for you Since the 1920 s when chemical fertilizers were first used commercially on a large scale, there have been claims that agricultural chemicals produce less healthful and less nutritious food crops. By the 1940 s, the organic farming movement had begun, in part due to this belief that food grown using more traditional, chemical-free methods was more healthful. Foods grown by these methods came to be known as "organic. " Today, this notion has c...
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