Friday, September 13, 2013

Pros and cons of organic Vegetables

Pros and cons of organic Vegetables
Illustration of organic Vegetables
Pros and cons of organic Vegetables. Vegetable, plant this one indeed must be consumed when you want to escape from a variety of health problems. But, nowadays sometimes consume vegetables also makes the hearts of anxiety due to the large content of pesticides left on a vegetable. Organic vegetable was the right choice for healthy living. Organic vegetables are vegetables that are grown and cultivated without the use of chemicals such as pesticides. These chemicals often used to eradicate pest or insect pest of various vegetables often make vegetable is broken. What is a garden ?

In fact there has been no definite research which shows that the residual (remaining) the pesticides stuck to vegetables will cause disease harmful to health. However, the remnants of chemicals on vegetables is believed to cause health problems if consumed and continues to accumulate in the body.

The Beginning Of Organic Crops

In the beginning, agriculture is done by moving. Farming techniques like this turned out to cause trouble, such as the environment are less well maintained. Then, farming techniques by means of settling was introduced. However, this technique is not without problems. Long-duration, the land where farming be reduced fertility levels. Eventually, the humans found in conventional farming techniques, the use of synthetic fertilizers. Fertilizer use is impacted quite significantly, which increases agricultural production. However, this technique was eventually degrades the quality of the land that became the site of growing plants. In addition, synthetic fertilizers generally have a price that is not cheap and sometimes rare on the market. Finally, the problem arises not only from the technical side of the farm itself, but in terms of socio-economic chain.

Then, man creates organic farming techniques. The idea of organic farming actually arising from the phenomenon of natural forest that grows with lush without having to use synthetic fertilizers. All sorts of "fertilizer" and other nutrient substances guard there is naturally in nature. The concept was later used in organic farming techniques. As a term, organic farming is an agricultural technique without the use of chemicals, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers either. The role of fertilizers and pesticides were replaced by materials that indeed there were original in nature. The role of syntenthic was replaced by fertilizers fertilizers from animal droppings (manure) and green manure crop such as rattlesnake.

Meanwhile, the role of pesticides are replaced by organic pesticides, such as tobacco, Caulis, awang awang-, gadung, and noni. Organic pesticides and fertilizers are not harmful to the environment. In fact, very safe for humans as consumers of vegetables or fruits are produced from organic farming.

The Nutritional Content Of Organic Vegetable

Organic vegetable is one of the products of organic farming systems. Basic management of organic farming is producing food with high nutritional quality and sufficient in number. The management of this natural system without applying to dominate nature, to improve and maintain soil fertility, as well as using resources that could be updated in an organized agricultural systems. Organic vegetable farming systems are growing rapidly in many countries because of community awareness about the environmental damage, the reliance on chemicals, energy resources that cannot be renewed, food safety, and health. Organic products taste better, healthier, eco-friendly and also makes the growing organic farming and growing.

Organic products can be marketed internationally if it has got the certification of the CAC (Codex Alimentarius Comision) and IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement). Results of the research conducted in the United Kingdom showed that 6 out of 10 people would choose organic food more easily obtainable and if the price is not more expensive than conventional food or food non-organik. In Japan, there is organic food for about 2 – 3% of the overall production of vegetables and fruit are marketed. Meanwhile, in America, consumers of organic food increased almost two-fold. Similarly, Australia. Elements of nutrition and health is one of the benefits offered by the manufacturer in the market of organic food. Nutrient content of organic food is considered higher than conventional food.

Some research shows that nutrient content of organic food is indeed higher than the food non-organik. For example, compared with vegetable and fruit non-organik, organic vegetable has a higher content of as much as 27% of vitamin C, iron, 29% and 14% of phosphorus. Results of a study conducted in Australia showed that organic fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets has a mineral content 10 times higher than similar conventional food. Meanwhile, the results of research conducted in the United States also pointed out that the mineral content of vegetables are beans, cabbage, lettuce, spinach and organic has a higher mineral content than conventional vegetables.

The Benefits Of Organic Farming


Organic vegetable growing is very easy like other vegetable planting. Could be anywhere, including in a narrow land such as the home page though. Cultivate vacant lot into a vegetable garden organic creates business opportunities of the petty. Moreover, cultivating organic vegetables that have economic value, in addition to its own consumption can be sold again in the cafes and organic restaurant. Organic Vegetables cultivation way is the same as other vegetables cultivation way. The difference only lies in the care and fertilized using manure and compost as medium nutrient elements add-ons. Including pesticides by using natural ingredients without any chemical element though.

Humus-rich soil that can be planted with anything and the plants become lush. Limited land which can be used as Garden organic cultivation could use the grounds of the home, or the land of sleep. Even if it had no land, no potting media usage is prohibited. The following are examples of land that can be used for cultivation of organic vegetables.

1. home page

Use your home page for the farm. A house full of Green-Green more comfortably seen from the outside. Try planting vegetables in some of the empty home page. If there are no pages, you can use pot pipe pvc diameter-5 cm, and edges hole compounds. While underneath the hole again to drain the water. Fill the planting medium pipe already wines fortified compost, then planted seeds of mustard greens or spinach. Pot-the pot it was hung on the wall of the pipe in horizontal.

2. vacant lot

The next land is land utilizing unused bed. Think, a concerned look at the empty land/land of sleep that is not used in years. Than idle better be used for cultivation. In fact it's worth renting a vacant land in order to make organic farmland. You can contact the landlord to ask for permission to wear the empty land, if need be signed a year. When land use is used to business interests.

Excess Organic Vegetable

Organic vegetables are vegetables that are free of pesticides, so can be certain that this very healthy vegetables for consumption without having to worry about swallowing pesticide residues commonly found in vegetables. Organic vegetable is believed to contain more nutrients when compared to the usual vegetables. Research some experts pointed out that the content of nutrients such as vitamins, potassium, calcium, iron, and magnesium was 10% higher than that of ordinary vegetables products (use of pesticides).

You don't need to bother washing organic vegetables in a way that's difficult. On ordinary vegetables containing residual pesticides, you are required to wash the vegetables with boiled water so pesticides could fall and decline. Organic vegetable that does not contain pesticides, should still be washed but just with the purpose of eliminating dirt, so it can be washed with plain water.

Weakness Of Organic Vegetable


In terms of health, organic vegetable has no weaknesses at all. On the contrary, this vegetable even beneficial for the body. But, organic vegetable currently still somewhat hard to come by, because the price is quite expensive and it is not a hobby to many people buy organic vegetables.
In terms of cultivation, these vegetables are classified as vegetables are "inconvenient" to be kept. This is due to the maintenance of organic vegetable should get extra attention. Starting from his seed should be good, qualities of good soil, until the protection against pests-pest bully. Another issue is organic fertilizer which become absolute terms of organic vegetable. On the other hand, it has organic fertilizer nutrient elements (substances that required plants) is lower than that of inorganic fertilizers. So the use of organic fertilizers on vegetable matter should be more organic and quite wasteful.

That's some of the pros and cons of organic vegetables that have been proven to be more healthy. When you are not interested in the organic vegetable because the price is expensive, you can buy the usual vegetables. It's just that you should clean the vegetables with the right way, for example to clean with boiled water, dipped in boiling water for five minutes, or it could be using SOAP cleanser to taste.

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