| The organic food craze has gotten a solid footing and | | | | a solid 'no'. Once, not so long ago, you had to look |
| has spread across the world like an errant wildfire. | | | | everywhere to find organic produce. Now, some of |
| While more people are switching to healthier, organic | | | | the world's largest supermarket chains stock a large |
| versions of their favorite fruits, vegetables, meats and | | | | variety of organic products. Organic agriculture will likely |
| other products, does this mean that traditional food and | | | | become more common and popular as people |
| farming will become a thing of the past? Will organic | | | | become more aware of the negative environmental |
| food be as popular in ten or twenty years as it is | | | | and physical effects of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, |
| today or will the organic food craze fade away, | | | | hormones and other chemicals. In developing countries, |
| leaving people to revert back to traditional food? | | | | studies have shown that families that employ organic |
| Chances are high that traditional agriculture is here to | | | | agricultural actually make more money than traditional |
| stay as it is much more profitable than organic | | | | farmers in the same areas and have a higher |
| agriculture and it has worked well for more than 300 | | | | standard of living. |
| years. Since commercial fertilizers, herbicides and | | | | As organic food and product consumers raise their |
| pesticides increase yields and decrease losses, they | | | | children on organic products, they are creating an |
| increase profits; therefore, as long as farmers work | | | | automatic market share, ensuring that the future of |
| the land using traditional methods and means, | | | | organic foods is bright. If children are not exposed to |
| commercial farming will exist. | | | | traditional foods and products they will not use them, |
| At some point in the future, people might be forced to | | | | instead opting for their organic counterparts. The |
| choose between the easy option and the | | | | organic agriculture industry will continue to grow as the |
| environmentally friendly option. However, as the world's | | | | trend toward buying local sustains itself, as happens |
| population increases, the need for larger amounts of | | | | periodically and as local businesses continue to support |
| food increases, too. Were we only employing organic | | | | each others' industries. |
| farming methods, we would quickly run out of space | | | | Organic agriculture may not be able to take over the |
| for crops. | | | | world and solve every environmental and dietary |
| Will the organic food craze fade into the background | | | | problem but it is and will continue to impact the world. |
| and join the myriad of other health food fads gone by | | | | As people continue to be concerned for their family's |
| the wayside? Since organic agriculture has been | | | | safety and that of the world around them, it is a safe |
| around for many years and continues to gain | | | | assumption that the future of organic foods is a bright |
| mainstream acceptance and popularity, the answer is | | | | one. |