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Organic Produce: The Very Best of Seasonal, Sustainable Agriculture Print E-mail

Fruits and Vegetables In today’s modern world, if we want to maintain good health, slow signs of aging, and decreased our risk for chronic diseases, research points us in the direction of dietary health. 

General guidelines for a healthy diet include 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily.  Fruit and vegetable phytochemicals—naturally occurring compounds necessary for sustaining life—are identified by scientists as key elements in disease prevention.  A variety of different phytochemicals provides your best defense, so the larger the variety of colors and textures in your produce selection, the better.  Recent research also reveals that organically grown produce is far ahead of its non-organic counterparts in terms of nutritional quality.


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