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Organic Food Stores
Support Local Organic Markets
Find Local Organic Food Stores
Discover the benefits of shopping local organic food stores that offer food that is fresher than anything in the supermarket and much more nutritious. The best organic food is what is grown closest to you and helps support your local economy. Search our site for local organic food stores that offer sustainable food in your area. Find the highest quality all natural and organic foods, as well as gluten free, allergen free, dairy free and vegan foods available in your area.
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Eco-friendly
Local Food
The food choices you make are very important. Buying local food is an important step in reducing pollution and climate change and helps support your local economy.
 Local Food
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Organic Milk
Organic milk has health benefits over regular milk, which includes less pesticide contamination, more vitamins and antioxidants and 75% higher beta carotene.
Organic Milk
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Allergy Free
Gluten Free Living
Find local gluten free bakeries, gluten free restaurants as well as local health food stores offering gluten free food and other allergen free foods.
Gluten Free
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Do You Know?
Do you know what's in your food?
In the rush to produce more and more food to satisfy the growing demand, food producers turned to the use of pesticides to control damage done by insects and disease which has reduced the quality of food and adds chemicals and pesticides to every bite of food we eat.
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There are some benefits to the use of pesticides in agriculture, as pesticides have prevented most of the pest damage incurred to the crops. However there are more negative effects than what little positive affects they provide. The use of pesticides has eradicated helpful insects and are known to have many adverse affects on humans and animals. Pesticides pollute our air and water ways, as well as contaminate our food. Many rivers and lakes have fishing bans due to pesticides polluting the water and contaminating fish.
Many species of insects, mites and fungi are no longer affected by the pesticides used in many industries. The evolution of pests who are resistant to pesticides is increasing, which decrease the effectiveness of the use of pesticides and is leading to farmers needing an increase in doses of pesticides and more regular applications of it, which leads to even greater amounts of pesticides and chemicals that are in your food.
Unlike conventional food production, organic food production is a heavily regulated industry and requires producers to meet certain special certification for them to market their product as organic. This means that all products must be manufactured in a way that adheres to the guidelines and high standards.
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Buying Organic Makes a Difference
Buying organic is a direct investment in the long-term future of our planet and your health, as organic farming supports conservation of soil and water, a biologically diverse and healthy environment and increases the productivity and health of the land.
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The goal of organic farming is to meet the needs of the people without compromising the needs of future generations. Most organic food stores get their food supply from local farms, which means the food you buy is fresher, has more nutrients and vitamins and was not trucked across the country, so less fossil fuels were used to get the food to you.
Not only do organically grown foods provide the benefit of fewer pesticides, most people believe they taste better and many studies have shown that they are more nutritious. Organic fruits and vegetables have shown in many studies to have higher levels of antioxidants than conventionally grown produce. In some cases, organic samples had 2 to 3 times more antioxidants or vitamins.
Though there are still many people who do not believe that organic food has any additional health benefits to conventional foods, the main reason to eat organically grown and processed food is to support sustainable farming methods that are more friendly to the earth. Organic methods include crop rotation, composting, and use of insects and natural substances to control pests that may otherwise damage crops. Organic farms have less top-soil loss and generate less pollution than conventional farms.
No matter your reason, supporting local organic food stores is a great decision for your health and the health of the environment.
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