One of the comments that I hear all the time when I tell people that I am associated with a magazine in the Natural Organic Whole Foods Industry is “I would like to do that but organic foods are just so expensive” Yes, foods grown organically can be expensive when you simply compare one apple to the next, but if you consider all of the costs involved in eating unhealthy foods, natural organic whole foods are pretty cheap next to medical bills.

But one of the things that got my attention recently was the idea that many people are every year eating the best healthy vine ripened produce and aren’t paying anything for it. Yes that’s right they get it for FREE! All they have to do is the work required to grow the vegetables in their own back yard or even on a small patio in pots many things like tomatoes for example do very well. Some of these people have been doing this for more years than the natural organic whole foods “industry” has even existed.

With a little bit of TLC you can take a package of seeds that costs a few pennies or a hot house start and turn it into hundreds of pounds of fresh food. Not only is the cost nearly nothing, the taste is so much better that many have grown their own vegetable gardens for generations only because the food tastes so much better. You don’t have to worry about where the vegetables came from or who else has handled them either, because you will know how truly organic your food really is.

Organic gardening may not be for everyone, but there certainly are ways to deal with the challenges of growing your own vegetables without using poisons and various other dangerous chemicals. The food tastes better and everything is so much better for you. For more information about doing this yourself, the NOW Foods Institute has a whole bunch of videos and other information for their members that you may find helpful. You can consider there educational resources at www.nowfoodsinstitute.com.

Warren Ross

Vice President of Marketing

Harvest Source Whole Foods Journal

warren@harvestsource.com

www.harvestsource.com