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Organic Herbs-things to Consider When Buying

Organic herbs that are grown by large corporate farmers have and obvious pricing advantage in the market place against smaller local growers. There are hidden and unmentioned factors that may change ones decision as to whether pricing is most important in buying organic herbs and other organic foods. In a supply and demand marketplace the pendulum is swinging in favor of organic food growers. Now the battle is on with the large ones vs. the small local ones. If you factor in the cost to the environment from farming practices and potency reducing transportation times you may find the small local growers are very comparable in price over the long term.

The best choice for purchasing organic herbs is to buy from small scale local family farmers. The fact that small local organic herb growers have greater control over their growing practices (pesticide use) and have virtually no potency reducing transportation times (environmental pollution) ensures that the long term dangers to the nations health is reduced. He is likely growing his produce organically. The higher prices come from the supply and demand continuum. Slower and smaller production ensures higher prices. All commerce is a matter of economics when buying in bulk. Larger growers have discounted pricing but result in larger indirect costs of health problems as a result of the corporate farming practices. Large scale farmers tend to focus on one or two herbs and grow the same ones on the same soil over and over while never allowing the soil to replenish its nutrients through other crop growth and/or resting the soil. The fact of poor nutrition and environmental pollutants leading to disease give credence to the importance of what should be a very simple choice when purchasing organic foods. Additionally you must consider the time issue. Buying locally ensures that the product is properly dried and not sitting on railroad cars or trucks while in green state and going though the dying time in the presence of road pollutants and pest laden railroad cars.

If possible it is always cheaper in the long run to buy organic herbs in bulk than those that are not organic. Even though you pay a higher premium you still have to deal with the environmental damage done with pesticides and health issues stemming from their use. Due to that fact that large scale growers aren’t able crop rotate their land the disease resistance factor in the plants is reduced over time, thereby requiring more petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides to deliver a crop. Because of these issues and the longer term financial impact on you, at the end of the day you will still pay a price comparable to bulk organic herbs.

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