Much is being said these days over the difference of organic foods, especially meat, fruit, and vegetables over those produced with chemicals, and additives. Most supermarkets offer both organic and “regular” produce, and what most people notice first off is that organic fruits and vegetables are usually much smaller and not as “plump” as the ones grown with the assistance chemical fertilizers, insecticides, and other additives. This also is true for meat, with organic chickens much smaller and leaner than commercially produced ones, and organic beef much darker and with less fat. Of course the price of organic produce is also much more than non-organic varieties.
But in order to really appreciate the difference in organic versus non-organic foods, you really have to taste them Organic vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc., have a much more distinct taste; i.e., a tomato tastes like a one grown in your backyard garden, and not one that hardly has a taste at all. Fruit, especially seasonal summer fruit like plums, peaches, cherries, etc., really taste like the ones our grandparents used to grow. They may be smaller and not as well formed, but from a taste standpoint, the difference is clearly evident. Organic food scientists who have made a study in comparing the two types say that organic produce have anti-oxidants and flavinoids, which are not only much better for you from a health standpoints (they helps prevent cancer and heart disease and keep people looking younger) but they also help sharpen peoples taste buds.
Perhaps it is for this reason the organic wines are also gaining in popularity. Red wine, for instance is now acclaimed to be very healthy and helps reduce cholesterol levels due to the amounts of antioxidants and flavenoids found in the skin of the grapes. And if the grapes from which the wine is made form just happen to be organic, then they will have even more of these anti-aging ingredients. Those who have tasted grapes grown on a home grape arbor will agree that they taste much different, and better, than those found in supermarkets.
As for meat like poultry, a small, “free-running” chicken not only looks pinker but many attest that it tastes like a wild fowl. All those vitamins and antibiotics that commercially produced chickens have only make them look fatter and larger. One taste will definitely make a difference.
As more and more people turn to organic grown and produced foods, they see that quality is definitely better than quantity in regards to the foods they buy, making it good sense to choose organic grown foods.
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