If You're Not Utilizing Organic Coffee You May be Embibing Poison!

I'm going to clear up a bit about USDA certified organic products, especieally my favorite, organic coffee.

 

1) No synthetic components or pesticides may be used to cultivate certified organic crops.

 

2) Organic certified products can't use Frankenstein, genetically manipulated crops or animals.

 

3) In order for an item to bare the organic label it may only contain certified organic ingredients and/or processing agents, excluding water and salt.

 

4) Items labeled "organic" must consist of a minimum of 95 percent organically produced ingredients (excluding water and salt).  Any remaining product ingredients must consist of non agricultural ingredients approved on the National List including  non-organically manufactured agricultural products that are not readily available in organic form.

 

5) If you see the USDA organic logo it indicates the product is either 100% Organic or 95% organic.

 

6) If an agricultural item, in this case, coffee is labeled as organic it must not be treated with disgusting fertilizers such as sewage sludge.

 

What we've gone through is just a quick checklist of the USDA organic labeling requirements.  Now that we have explored the fine points of certified organic we can move onto the topic at hand.  Since we are looking at coffee, you can be fairly sure that 100% of the coffee beans are organic in an organically grown blend.

 

Do you want to know why you should care if your coffee is organic?

 

1) I more than likely wouldn't want to consume something that was treated with sewage sludge, do you?

 

2) There's the , I'm going to play mad scientist with your food, issue.  I don't want my cup of Joe to have gorilla genes spliced in just so the beans can have less acidity.

 

3) If you imbibe decaffeinated coffee this is where it is crucial that you only drink organic coffee.  Regular coffees use nasty substances such as methylene chloride and ethyl acetate to process the beans.  Organic decaf. coffees are treated with hot water and not chemicals.  There is epidemiological evidence to suggest that imbibing conventional decaffeinated coffees is associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

 

4)  It's not just the consumer that chemicals are bad for, but think about the poor coffee farmers.   Coffee is cultivated in primarily poor places in the world, and a lot of these farmers are not able to read herbicide warning labels, leading to erroneous preparation of chemicals, and therefore, toxic exposure for them and the environment.

 

I could ramble on about why you should only purchase organic coffee.  It goes much deeper than the coffee itself.  A lot of toxins are produced in the manufacturing of non-organic chemicals.

 

As a final thought, farmers that cultivate their crops organically are giving specieal attention to the ongoing needs of their crop, resulting in high quality coffee that tastes great!  It's never too late to switch to organic coffee.  So give it a try, you may be happy as a clam.

 

If you have a jones to try Organic Coffee, then check out www.NectarOfLife.com.