One great way of reducing the exposure to PESTICIDES is to plant your own vegetable garden. The more people who do this, the demand for commercially grown vegetables would eventually decline. This would then mean that the commercial vegetable growers would have no reason to expand their plantations therefore reducing the need to use more pesticides and CHEMICAL FEEDS and no reason to destroy vast areas of land which in turn destroys the habitats of wild animals and harms our environment.
We have seen many cases over the years where countries have devastated rain forests destroying the different species of trees never to be grown again not to mention the devastation of the wild life that inhabit these forests, destroyed to near extinction.
If there is less demand for commercially grown vegetables, the growers would use less pesticides on the land that affect the environment and other harmful chemicals that find their way into our rivers destroying the fish communities and other water creatures.
With purchasing the commercially grown vegetables from the supermarkets, you are not certain whether they are free of pesticides or chemicals. You are not 100% certain on how they have been produced, even though some of the growers claim that they are free of chemicals, that the soil has previously been sprayed with pesticides or they have been grown next to crops that were sprayed with pesticides. These are questions that we are not sure of the answers to. The information that is available on the prolonged dietary exposure to pesticides, suggests that it can be linked to various adverse reproductive and development effects on human beings and that young children because their bodies are not fully developed are at risk to the dangers of such chemicals. You can guarantee that by growing you own vegetables there are no pesticides or chemicals used to produce the produce.
Home grown vegetables taste so much better than the ones purchased from the supermarket. They are fresh because you can pick them and use them straight away, more nutritious because they are not stored for days on end and you know that they are free from pesticides or chemicals. You can't say that for commercial growers produce.
Now you may feel that you alone could not make a positive contribution towards the environment by planting a vegetable garden in your backyard, but just imagine the difference that could be made if a friend encouraged a friend who encouraged another friend....and so on...to grow their own vegetables. Commercial growers will always exist because demand will always be there, but by growing your own, you will be contributing towards helping to save the environment because the commercial growers will have no reason the expand and importantly, you will be providing healthy fresh food to the table for you and your family and at the same time you will save on your grocery bill.
Why waste your money on paying to go to a gym? You have one already outside you back door. Let gardening provide you with your exercise whether it is on a daily or weekly basis depending on your work schedule. Many of us have hectic lifestyles working long hours, travelling to and from the workplace on congested roads. Release the stress that comes with this and work out in the garden. Burn those excess calories and lose that extra weight that has suddenly appeared probably through having to sit down much of the day. Gardening exercises muscles in the back, arms, legs and many others. You stretch, you bend, all these things that you would do at the gym, the BIG DIFFERENCE, you don't pay extortionate joining fees or yearly subscriptions. Gardening has less impact on the joints in your arms or knees, unlike jogging, tennis, football or other sports. Gardening is less vigorous than these types of sports and therefore is suitable for people who suffer from high blood pressure, heart problems, joint disorders and many more. It is suitable for all ages and all genders. Let gardening provide you with the exercise your personal trainer and doctors tell you to take. This is MUCH CHEAPER than a gym, you will be less prone to injury and you will still notice a difference in your well-being.
Experience the satisfaction of going down the garden, picking fresh vegetables whether it is for Sunday lunch, an evening meal or a summer salad knowing that you have taken great pride and love in presenting this healthy and nutritious meal to your family WITHOUT the need for PESTICIDES or CHEMICAL FEEDS.
SURELY THIS MATTERS TO YOU - GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES - HELP SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT
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