Here is more EVIDENCE on the health and environmental reasons to go Organic and AVOID the toxic pesticide poisoning of the earth.

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  • “Industrial agriculture is one of the most unsustainable practices of modern civilization.”
  • Says Dr. Mercola. I fully concur with him…that is why, through Organic Consumers Alliance (OCA), i am passionately, together with other like-minded believers, trying to create public awareness on the need to return to farming approaches that support the natural ecological system, by encouraging consumption of agro-ecologically organic grown foods which are not only healthier  but also more supportive of sustainable natural systems including mitigating against climate change. By creating DEMAND for organic foods, we believe, this will trigger increased availability and SUPPLY of organic farm and related agro-ecological produce. Conversely, this should result in a farming paradigm shift away from the unsustainable industrial agriculture model which is destroying not only soil fertility, but poisoning the entire food chain.
  • The "bigger is better" food system has reached a point where its real costs are becoming apparent, including massive pollution and loss of life—all manner of plant and animal life. Like water running down an open drain, the earth's natural resources are disappearing quickly. Some, such as soil, can be restored over time IF proper steps are taken, but others are lost forever. We've already seen more than 93 percent of our fruit and vegetable seed varieties disappear over the last century. Another 60,000 to 100,000 plant species are in danger of extinction.
  • Humankind, driven by greed for profits and unchecked use of technological advances is committing “ecocide”, says Dr. Vandana Shiva. In the USA, and elsewhere, bees are disappearing at an alarming rate as a result of neonicotinoid pesticides. Monarch butterflies are disappearing even faster, likely due to the pervasive use of glyphosate on GMO crops along its flight path across the US. The North American Monarch population has plummeted by 91 percent over the past two decades. It's likely that our modern food system can be blamed for a significant portion of these losses. One Green Planet has an excellent article summarizing five basic ways industrialized farming is destroying the environment: These include:
  1. Air pollution: Industrialized agriculture is responsible for more than 37 percent of methane emissions, 90 percent of CO2, and copious hydrogen sulfide ammonia. Methane has a global warming potential 20 times higher than carbon dioxide.
  2. Water pollution: Industrialized agriculture uses up to 70 percent of the world's fresh water supply. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates 75 percent of all water-quality problems in America's rivers and streams is from chemical-laden agricultural run-off that leads to toxic algal blooms, fish kills, and "dead zones."
  3. Deforestation: In the US alone, more than 260 million acres of native forests have been cleared to make room for crop fields, most of which are used exclusively to grow livestock feed (corn and soy). Deforestation is responsible for 2.4 billions tons of CO2 release annually.
  4. Soils: Nature abhors monoculture, as monoculture leads to soil depletion, erosion, depletion of the water table, loss of soil nutrients, and the application of massive quantities of synthetic agricultural chemicals.(mostly of GMO varieties).
  5. Carbon emissions: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)  use about 5.5 gallons of fossil fuels per acre (presumably per year, as article did not specify), between transportation, application of chemicals, and the incredible amount of energy it takes to run these massive productions. The average farm in the US spans 418 acres, meaning it will guzzle about 2,300 gallons of fossil fuels. By adopting a circular economy (reusing and recycling), carbon emissions could be cut by nearly 70 percent by 2030.
  • More on the dangers of pesticides, especially GLYPHOSATE:

Here: http://naturalsociety.com/glyphosates-looming-demise/