【英语翻译ASKMR,GREEN:OrganicProduceversusNonorganicProduceDearConfusedShopper,You'reright.Sometimesorganicproducedoesn'tlookasniceasnonorganicproduce,anditgenerallycostsupto50percentmore.Letmeexplainwhy.Sinceabout1950】
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ASKMR,GREEN:OrganicProduceversusNonorganicProduce
DearConfusedShopper,
You'reright.Sometimesorganicproducedoesn'tlookasniceasnonorganicproduce,anditgenerallycostsupto50percentmore.Letmeexplainwhy.
Sinceabout1950,farmershaveusedchemicalstogrowtheirfruitsandvegetables..Theyusepesticidestokillinsectsthateattheirplants.Theyuseherbicidestokilltheweedsthatkilltheirplants.Thesechemicalsareagreathelptofarmers.Byusingthem,farmerscangrowmoreproduceonthesameamountofland.Thismeansthatshopperscanfindmoreproduceinthestores.
Farmersevenusechemicalstoartificiallyripenfruitsandvegetables.Mosttomatoes,forexample,arepickedfromthevinewiletheyarestillgreen.Theyturnredwhenchemicalsareaddedtotheboxasitgoestothesupermarket.Becauseproducecanbepickedearly,itcantravellongdistancestostores.Asaresult,wecanfindmostkindsoffruitsandvegetablesallyearlong.
Somepeopleargue,however,thatthereareproblemswithusingallthesechemicals.Whenweeatproduce,we'realsoeatingalittlebitofthechemicals.Overtime,thesechemicalsbuildupinourbodies.Somescientistsbelievethatthisbuild-upofchemicalscanevencausecancer.Becauseofworrieslikethese,somefarmersnowgrowproducetheold-fashionedway--withoutchemicals.Wecallthiskindofproduce"organic."
Organicproduceismoreexpensivethanotherproduceforseveralreasons.Manyorganicfarmerscan'tgrowasmuchproduceasotherfarmers.Theirfarmstendtobesmaller,and,ofcourse,theydon'tuseherbicidesandpesticides.Andbecausenochemicalsareused,theproducehastoarriveatthestoreverysoonafterit'spicked.This,too,costsmoney.
Isorganicproduceworththeextracost?Shouldyoubuyorganicproduceornonorganicproduce?That'suptoyou.But,ifyou'renotfamiliarwithorganicproduce,youmightwanttotryit.Moreandmoreshoppersarebuyingorganicproduce.Andmanyoftheseshopperssaythatthey'renotjustconcernedabouttheirhealth.Theysayorganicfruitsandvegetabletastefresherandbetter.