IF Natasha's mother opens the Sunday newspaper's Health Section over her morning cup of coffee. Organic foods and vegetables are those grown without the use of pesticides and harmful chemicals, thereby ensuring food safety for consumers specially children. Most natural food stores like the Food-Coop, Natural Sellery, and Seed for Life sell organic products. She is now concerned about what her three-year old daughter Natasha will eat that night. Find out what you can do to provide more healthy and safe food for your family.
Food is considered by many people to be our closest connection to the environment.
Pollution of the air, ground, or water can effect the quality of the food we eat and our health. At the same time, the production of different kinds of food we choose to eat, whether vegetables or meat products, has different impacts on the quality of the environment. Many Americans, especially those in low-income, urban communities don t have access to healthy food and affordable groceries. On average, men eat only three servings of fruits and vegetables each day while women eat four servings. Low-income people tend to eat fewer servings of fruits and vegetables each day than people with higher incomes.