Natural Products Truth and Myths (Facts About Organic Farming)

No one will argue that natural foods are best suited for baby food. But it is important to understand what exactly we are investing in this concept. After all, even the European certificate and the marking “bio” do not always guarantee absolute security.

Natural products: truth and myths!

No one will argue that natural foods are best suited for baby food. But it is important to understand what exactly we are investing in this concept. After all, even the European certificate and the marking “bio” do not always guarantee absolute security.

Big difference:

What is more natural - milk from a farm or from a supermarket? What is more useful - carrot from the grandmother's garden or from the market? It would seem that the answer is obvious, moreover, the first option does not cause us any doubt. However, the difference may not be as large as it seems to us. No one can guarantee that the seeds that your grandmother bought were not genetically modified, and the farmer did not treat the cows with antibiotics and did not use growth hormones. In order to find truly healthy and natural products, parents need to arm themselves with the correct guidelines.

Underwater Rocks:

Supporters of a healthy diet usually prefer organic foods. But the inscription on the packaging does not always reflect reality. For example, in our country there are no official canons for the production of organic products. And even the European mark of organic quality EU BIO ("Euroleaf") does not guarantee one hundred percent naturalness. Western standards of organic farming provide strict requirements for the cultivation of plants and livestock, but they do not cover the production stage. And so many pesticides are used in agriculture that many of them simply did not get on the list of prohibited by law. And this means that, according to European laws, organic pesticides are actually allowed in organic baby food.

Canons of Purity:

HiPP owners are pioneers in organic farming. More than 60 years ago, they abandoned chemicals and pesticides on their family farm. Since then, HiPP baby food has been produced according to the company's own standards, which turned out to be stricter than state ones. Vegetables, fruits, milk and meat are delivered to the company's factories by 8 thousand certified farmers engaged in organic farming. At the same time, it is not only the law that controls them: each consignment of goods is sent to the company's own laboratory, which is considered one of the leading in Europe. At the production stage, control continues: the contents of each jar of HiPP baby food passes more than 260 quality checks. For all these reasons, the owners came up with their own special sign of organic quality - HiPP ORGANIC *.

Interesting Facts About Organic Farming:

• A key indicator of “healthy” soil is a large colony of earthworms. So, for 1 square. meter of organic land, there are up to 500 pieces, and per square meter. meter ordinary - no more than 18.
• Instead of chemical fertilizers, methods that have been tested for centuries are used: for example, clover, which enriches the earth with nitrogen, is sown on "resting" fields.
• To fight pests, farmers attract their natural enemies - birds, beneficial insects and small animals to their fields.
• Carrot flies do not like onions, and the Colorado potato beetle hates mint and caraway seeds: these plants are planted on beds with vegetables specially.