Organic necessities

Lobby day this year with the natural products industry was a great delight. The event took place on the same weekend Maria Shriver had intended on planting her garden with the help of Alice Waters. This apparently was planned before President Obama was in office, and the first lady had planned their garden. Go California!

I am delighted to be part of the democratic process that keeps our industry intact and represented. Every year industry leaders meet to go over critical topics. This year we met with legislators about two bills specifically. One about helping transitional farmers become organic, and another keeping pesticides out of meat.

I realize my natural inclination to tell stories derived from the bits of information I accumulate while reading, or researching. Although I give myself a bit of a hard time not being able to remember where I heard it, and as a writer this proves to be difficult because I don't want to source anything unoriginal or omit to give credit where it is due. I left a good impression on my group with my natural story telling ability and to be quite honest, oral tradition has left a big impression on me over the years and I keep it alive how I can.

Why are organics important? The process is more ecologically sensitive, caring for the entire system, instead of just production. The process leaves no residues creating more efficient use of water and soil. Additionally, instead of leaving the soil devoid of nutrients, what happens is quite the opposite. Growing organically is mutually beneficial. Often the soil is left better than in the beginning. Also, the flavor of food grown organically doesn't compare. I had a chance to dabble a bit in my biodynamic plot last summer for the first time. Nothing tastes better than homegrown produce. My carrots were so sweet, and greens juicy. (If you've ever tasted greens to be chock full of flavor and nutrients, you know what i'm talking about.)

My story about organics involved monkeys and bananas. A group of monkeys were fed bananas. The organic bananas were eaten whole. When the monkeys came to the conventional banana, they actually peeled the banana! Now you may know that bananas grade low on pesticide residual scale so this is fascinating. Imagine, monkeys even having a preference! We might be smarter than monkeys, but making decisions about what products we use and consume isn't always so easy.

Since anything you put on your body winds up in your body, it's no wonder why women would choose skin care that is organic! My favorite organic products are those that include ingredients that I can eat. Since there aren't a lot of regulatory agencies figuring out what can be in products and what shouldn't many beautiful companies like Organic Apoteke take the initiative to provide food grade ingredients that are scientifically proven and tested. With European standards and after 10 years of clinical research, we have exceptional products on the market that work. http://organicapoteke.com/ And just like organic fruits and vegetables, organic cosmetics are good for body and mind!