I hear a new word to describe some facet of the ever-changing food world.WHAT IS NATURAL ANYWAY? Natural is use to describe a food item that is free from artificial colors, artificialflavors, artificial preservatives, and that is minimally processed. How they made a food product many decades ago before things were added to food to change their appearance or flavor. By eating natural food you are freeing yourself of the extra stuff your body doesn't really need.
WHAT IS ORGANIC? The term "Organic" is used to denote the product that has been certified by the USDA or another qualified certified agency, to have been created without the use of any pesticides and the sustainable farming practices were used. Organic farming promote bio-diversity amongst crops and helps maintain sustainability within agriculture. By supporting the organic movement you are helping farmers protect the environment.
SUSTAINABILITY in term of farming, simply takes into the account the infact that farming has upon the land and plans for renewal and restoration. Sustainable farm practices protect the environment and reduce our negative impact on the earth.
FAIR TRADE CERTIFIEDYou may seen Fair trade logo poping up on items such as: coffee, sugar, tea, chocolate, and various spices. Fair Trade certified means that an independent group travelled to the source of the ingredients and inspected the companies practices to ensure that the farmers and the owrkers are getting paid a fair wage to their crop, that no child labor has been used, that the cash for the crops is flowing back to the communities where the food was grown and the children of the workers are attending school. By purchasing Fair Trade certified goods you are helping some of the world's poorest people in the developing world help themselves.