Organic vs Non Organic

Farming has been widely done in the country mainly as means of living .
This is the only lifestyle that existed before the industry and
automobile era existence . A non organic way of farming was adopted in
past so that it could fight pests infestation and produce high
quantities of food in the country . The first method that was used was
the herbicides and pesticides so that they could be able to curb the
pests and diseases . But the use of these chemicals was banned by food
and drug administration because they lead to risks in the health of
people . The second method that was used is contaminated sewage sludge
which had its idea in making use of human waste as fertilizer for non
organic crops . This method was used because it was cheap and easy to
oblation but through the tests that have been done this method has been
seen to lead to chronic illnesses . The third method that was used is the
hormones , antibiotics and remains of animals (Basker , 1990 )
These things that were used contributed to the quick fattening of
animals for market . The hormones though expensive and illegal to use led
to the size of the animals that was desirable . The antibiotics were used
to keep the animals alive until they were slaughtered . The problem with
this method is that if people ate this meat then they were liable to
diseases because they were ingesting antibiotics in high volumes leading
to cause of immune to the bacteria fighting abilities . Meaning that the
carcasses were harmful to the health of people and led to incurable
diseases when they were ingested in the body . The last method was
irradiation where the species were exposed to radiation to kill bacteria
that were present this meant that more harm was done to the people as
there were several diseases that were ingested in the body of human
beings . Due to the problems that have proved to exist in use of the non
organic methods of farming the farmers are been advised... [continues]

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