Girl Discovers The Importance Of Eating Organic

A young girl named Elise, made a remarkable discovery during a simple science experiment. She wanted to see how long it would take for a sweet potato to grow a vine. Elise waited and watched for weeks and weeks, but her potatoes refused to grow vines. When she asked her grocer why, he suggested she try using unsprayed organic sweet potatoes and see what happens.

Watch this to see what Elise discovers about pesticides on vegetables:

Bud Nip is the name for the plant growth inhibitor, Chlorpropham. The pesticide is used to control grass weeds in alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane berries, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock. It is also used to inhibit potato sprouting.

According to the Pesticide Action Network, Chlorpropham is a not classified as a carcinogen. It is toxic to honey bees, which pollinate 30% of the world’s food plants. Lab animals exposed to bud nip had retarded growth, congestion of the spleen and even death.

As the US Congress continues to debate ways to regulate pesticides and restrict the EPA’s ability to protect our food, water and air, I couldn’t help but think that this little girl might just be the best advertisement for eating organic fruits and vegetables, and nipping pesticides like Bud Nip in the bud.

What do you think about Elise’s little experiment?

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Duane B.

1:24PM PDT on Sep 24, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

September 24
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Akin A.

3:20AM PDT on Jul 12, 2011

Thanks for sharing this information

July 12
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Jane R.

8:35AM PDT on Jul 5, 2011

Very interesting!!

July 5
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11:56AM PDT on Jun 30, 2011

tastes better too

June 30
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Sheri P.

9:44PM PDT on Jun 29, 2011

Good for her!! I would rather eat the potato on the very left...the one without Bud Nip...the one with the most vines growing out of it!

June 29
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Sharon B.

11:38AM PDT on Jun 29, 2011

A little child shall lead them..

MarilynBusy W.

6:15PM PDT on Jun 28, 2011

ooops...typo...should have said recognizing!

June 28
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Fantastic to see the next generation reconizing the importance of organics. Hopefully they can stop Monsanto!

TONYA M.

10:54AM PDT on Jun 28, 2011

"Can organic agriculture feed the world?" According to a new United Nations report, the answer is a big, fat yes.
The report, Agro-ecology and the Right to Food, released yesterday, reveals that small-scale sustainable farming would even double food production within five to 10 years in places where most hungry people on the planet live.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-crossfield/un-ecofarming-feeds-the-world_b_833340.html

Organic farming 'could feed Africa'
Traditional practices increase yield by 128 per cent in east Africa, says UN

Organic farming offers Africa the best chance of breaking the cycle of poverty and malnutrition it has been locked in for decades
It has been conventional wisdom among African governments that modern, mechanised agriculture was needed to close the gap but efforts in this direction have had little impact on food poverty and done nothing to create a sustainable approach.
An analysis of 114 projects in 24 African countries found that yields had more than doubled where organic, or near-organic practices had been used. That increase in yield jumped to 128 per cent in east Africa.

The study found that organic practices outperformed traditional methods and chemical-intensive conventional farming. It also found strong environmental benefits such as improved soil fertility, better retention of water and resistance to drought.Not to mention it costs less for the rural poor.