| Today, people are very health conscious. They | | | | food then it would otherwise produce. So they tend to |
| exercise more and tend to go for healthier food. As | | | | increase the price of organic food so that they can |
| demand for organic food is high, the cost of it | | | | make a good profit. |
| increases too. Organic foods are healthy and finding | | | | As you can see, growing organic food is not cheap. |
| fruits and vegetables that are organically grown in | | | | However, many people still wonder why organic foods |
| supermarkets is not easy because not all | | | | don't cost less. They think that as they do not need to |
| supermarkets carry them. | | | | use chemicals to protect the food, they should be able |
| Organic foods are more difficult to produce and there | | | | to save some money and pass on the savings to the |
| are more work in which it is planted and harvested. | | | | consumers. This is simply not the case. |
| This means that more manpower is needed and thus | | | | While people always want to eat healthy food, some |
| the cost of it is more expensive. Also, farmers do not | | | | may not want to buy organic food due to the high |
| use chemical to protect the food. They use other | | | | cost. If you cannot convince yourself that the 10% - |
| ways to care for the food and thus making the | | | | 30% markup is justifiable, organic food is not for you. |
| growth process very tedious. As more money is | | | | Now, it is time for some good news. Today, more |
| needed to grow these type of food, they will charge | | | | farmers are growing organic foods. This means that |
| more so as to recoup their cost and time. | | | | the technology will improve. Hopefully, there will be new |
| Farmers need to buy land in order to grow fresh | | | | ideas implemented in the near future that will lower the |
| organic vegetables and fruits. However, the yield of | | | | overall cost to produce these food and pass the |
| organic food is much lesser than with conventional | | | | savings to the consumers so that more people can |
| methods. This means that a land will produce lesser | | | | get to enjoy eating healthier food. |