If you are wanting to learn about Organic foods, first you must understand why processed food is not organic. You would think a cornstalk growing out of the ground would already be organic right? Wrong! Very wrong indeed.
First you need to know what GMO's are. GMO stands for genetically modified organisms. There are many reasons why plants are genetically modified including for bug control, bigger crops that produce bigger produce and so on. Here is a full questions and answers about GMO, I could keep writing for days about it: http://growfoo.com/blog/farmers-markets ... ould-know/
There are many other things that make organic foods worth it. A lot of processed food is laced with chemicals in order to keep things fresh longer for both you and its shelf life. A prime example of this is bread.
Ever heard of pink slime? Pink slime closely resembles soft served, strawberry icecream, but don't be fooled, Pink slime is used as a beef filler made from the unwanted scraps from slaughter house floors. Theses scraps that were once used solely to make pet food, are now being collected, chopped and smashed together to produce a cheap filler for mainly burgers. Pink slime is used in many fast food joints to keep costs low and worst of all, most commonly used in school lunches. If you want to learn more about Pink slime, it can be found on our blog.
I could go on for days, so if anyone has any specific questions about any of these things I have mentioned or anything else regarding organic food, please feel free to ask me here or on our google plus account. Just search for Growfoo!