A pesticides wake-up call: New study confirms the need to eat and farm organic
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As organic farmers, we care deeply about the food we put in our bodies and how it’s grown. On our small farm in middle Georgia, my husband and I grow U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified organic food — strawberries, Muscadine grapes, kale, sweet potatoes, ginger, turmeric and sweet onions — without toxic pesticides.
Food should nourish our bodies and the land — but a new study shows that most people are consuming toxic pesticides every time they eat.
Read full op-ed here.