Go Green In Your Kitchen
Living "organically" is an important decision that any responsible consumer should make in order to ensure that the food he is putting into his mouth and feeding his family is as healthful as nature intended.
Nature blesses us with nutritiously rich vegetables, fruits and herbs that nourish us and assure our survival on this planet.
Nature does not tamper with these perfect creations on which humanity has thrived for millennia, and it is such a blessing.
Although there have been enormous benefits and advances in food production through agricultural science and technology, many health issues have also surfaced, especially regarding mass production, resulting in the alteration, indeed, some would say adulteration of nature.
Now, as much as we owe to scientific progress for our daily comforts, and the abundant food supply throughout the developed world, we are faced with come crucial questions pertaining to this same agriculture.
How far should this intervention go when it adversely affects the people who are supposed to benefit most from it? The controversial issue of eating a healthy, wholesome diet is one that confounds almost everyone and is perhaps ignored by many people deliberately, because sadly, they just don't know who to believe.
Isn't every consumer entitled to stop, think and question what food he wants to feed himself and his family? Much has been written about the use of pesticides in large-scale farming and while the world goes on debating the merits and hazards of these practices, we should shift our focus onto weaving health, beauty and frugality into a single fabric of good food choices.
Creating a kitchen garden as part of our homes is a fun and exciting way to begin to explore the area of natural foods and good and healthy eating.
Kitchen gardens can revolutionize dining and transform it into healthier fine dining.
Set aside an area in your existing garden and designate it as your eating garden.
In this section you will grow only vegetables, fruits and herbs that will definitely enrich the fragrance, colors and glamour of your otherwise aesthetic garden.
Some people also like to grow vegetables among their flowers and shrubs so that they blend into the landscaping.
This can be quite attractive and is preferred by those who want to avoid a designated "vegetable patch".
If you have the space, you can dedicate a patch to growing common, easy to grow vegetables, herbs or fruit.
Some people might question why go through this trouble to grow all these at home when they can be purchased in the markets? The answer is simple: why risk your health and that of your family by buying genetically modified foods, when they can be grown at home? When most people hear the term "genetically modified" they think that it means a plant that has been genetically altered to resist disease.
In fact, genetically modified foods are created in order to resist the harmful effects of pesticides and herbicides.
So, in essence, all genetically modified foods have been sprayed with toxic chemicals.
I think that if people realized this single truth, they would not eat genetically modified foods, no matter how safe the companies insist it is! There may be no nutritional difference between organic and genetically modified foods, but company spokesmen conveniently leave out the fact that the GM food has been sprayed with insecticide or herbicide meant to kill insects or weeds! How much of this poison can we ingest before we see the dangerous effects? The truth is that we are being poisoned every day, from pollution, fumes from the plastics in our cars and food containers, chemicals leaching out of our bottles, non-stick cookware, and even the foods that we eat! A kitchen garden is aesthetically beautiful and purposefully pragmatic.
Plus, organic horticulture costs less and produces more in these times of worsening economic conditions.
Divide your backyard garden area into sections for useful low-budget easy-to-maintain plants, or intersperse them among your flowers and shrubs.
You can also make use of interesting and colorful pots and baskets to grow your preferred selection of veggies and fruits.
This adds charm to your botanical garden.
Utilize tiny jars and tins to grow fresh herbs on a sunny windowsill in your kitchen.
Devote your free time to looking after and nurturing this patch of good health and value.
Home-grown plants smell better, look better and are more nutritious.
The added plus is that you will consume what you absolutely know for certain to be free of herbicides and pesticides.
Think of how satisfying it will be to know that what's on your table has been produced in a wholesome and natural way by you and mother earth.
Sam T.
Rockman
Nature blesses us with nutritiously rich vegetables, fruits and herbs that nourish us and assure our survival on this planet.
Nature does not tamper with these perfect creations on which humanity has thrived for millennia, and it is such a blessing.
Although there have been enormous benefits and advances in food production through agricultural science and technology, many health issues have also surfaced, especially regarding mass production, resulting in the alteration, indeed, some would say adulteration of nature.
Now, as much as we owe to scientific progress for our daily comforts, and the abundant food supply throughout the developed world, we are faced with come crucial questions pertaining to this same agriculture.
How far should this intervention go when it adversely affects the people who are supposed to benefit most from it? The controversial issue of eating a healthy, wholesome diet is one that confounds almost everyone and is perhaps ignored by many people deliberately, because sadly, they just don't know who to believe.
Isn't every consumer entitled to stop, think and question what food he wants to feed himself and his family? Much has been written about the use of pesticides in large-scale farming and while the world goes on debating the merits and hazards of these practices, we should shift our focus onto weaving health, beauty and frugality into a single fabric of good food choices.
Creating a kitchen garden as part of our homes is a fun and exciting way to begin to explore the area of natural foods and good and healthy eating.
Kitchen gardens can revolutionize dining and transform it into healthier fine dining.
Set aside an area in your existing garden and designate it as your eating garden.
In this section you will grow only vegetables, fruits and herbs that will definitely enrich the fragrance, colors and glamour of your otherwise aesthetic garden.
Some people also like to grow vegetables among their flowers and shrubs so that they blend into the landscaping.
This can be quite attractive and is preferred by those who want to avoid a designated "vegetable patch".
If you have the space, you can dedicate a patch to growing common, easy to grow vegetables, herbs or fruit.
Some people might question why go through this trouble to grow all these at home when they can be purchased in the markets? The answer is simple: why risk your health and that of your family by buying genetically modified foods, when they can be grown at home? When most people hear the term "genetically modified" they think that it means a plant that has been genetically altered to resist disease.
In fact, genetically modified foods are created in order to resist the harmful effects of pesticides and herbicides.
So, in essence, all genetically modified foods have been sprayed with toxic chemicals.
I think that if people realized this single truth, they would not eat genetically modified foods, no matter how safe the companies insist it is! There may be no nutritional difference between organic and genetically modified foods, but company spokesmen conveniently leave out the fact that the GM food has been sprayed with insecticide or herbicide meant to kill insects or weeds! How much of this poison can we ingest before we see the dangerous effects? The truth is that we are being poisoned every day, from pollution, fumes from the plastics in our cars and food containers, chemicals leaching out of our bottles, non-stick cookware, and even the foods that we eat! A kitchen garden is aesthetically beautiful and purposefully pragmatic.
Plus, organic horticulture costs less and produces more in these times of worsening economic conditions.
Divide your backyard garden area into sections for useful low-budget easy-to-maintain plants, or intersperse them among your flowers and shrubs.
You can also make use of interesting and colorful pots and baskets to grow your preferred selection of veggies and fruits.
This adds charm to your botanical garden.
Utilize tiny jars and tins to grow fresh herbs on a sunny windowsill in your kitchen.
Devote your free time to looking after and nurturing this patch of good health and value.
Home-grown plants smell better, look better and are more nutritious.
The added plus is that you will consume what you absolutely know for certain to be free of herbicides and pesticides.
Think of how satisfying it will be to know that what's on your table has been produced in a wholesome and natural way by you and mother earth.
Sam T.
Rockman