ORGANIC FOOD
Healthier for you and for the planet!
No synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
 Reduces polluted runoff into our lakes and streams1
 Lessens risk of contaminating soil, groundwater, and YOUR
FOOD with toxic residues
Sustainable, environmentally friendly practices
 Preserves biodiversity
 Increases soil fertility2
Dining Services just introduced organic granola to their menu.
Support the introduction of more organic food at Princeton!
Use the suggestion box in your Dining Hall and look out for upcoming surveys!
“New USDA Standards a Boon To Consumers”, Environmental Defense,
<http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2361>
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”Organic Food Benefits”, www.nutiva.com/nutrition/organic.php
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Did you know?
 An estimated 80% of antibiotics and related drugs produced in the U.S.
are given to farm animals, most of which are not sick. This leads to the
evolution of bacteria that are antibiotic resistant,1 causing one of the
most pressing public-health problems of the 21st century.
 60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides, and 30% of insecticides are
potentially carcinogenic, according to the EPA.2
 Fertilizer run-off has contributed to an 8,000 square mile “dead zone” in
the Gulf of Mexico, killing tons of fish through oxygen deprivation.
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Organic farming uses NO synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or antibiotics.
EAT ORGANIC!
Support the introduction of organic food at Princeton by using the
suggestion box in your Dining Hall; also, look out for upcoming surveys!
“Antibiotic Resistance: Playing Chicken With Essential Drugs”, Environmental Defense,
<http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/619_abr_general_factsheet_rev2.pdf>
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”Organic Food Benefits”, www.nutiva.com/nutrition/organic.php
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Q. What do ALL of these foods have in common?
Peaches
Apples
Pears
Raspberries
Strawberries
Spinach
Potatoes
Winter squash
Green beans
Grapes
A. They contain residues of toxic pesticides, when
conventionally grown.1 Organically grown fruits and
vegetables contain two-thirds less pesticide residues.2
Dining Services would like to buy more organic food,3
but they need your support!
Use the suggestion box in your Dining Hall, and look out for
upcoming surveys!
www.mindfully.org/Food/Top-Ten-List-Mothers.htm
B. P. Baker; C. M. Benbrook; E. Groth; K. Lutz Benbrook. 2002. Pesticide
residues in conventional, integrated pest management (IPM)-grown and organic
foods: insights from three US data sets. Food Additives and Contaminants
v.19, n.5.
Since organic crops are farmed without these toxic pesticides, on land
that has been free of pesticide applications for 3+ years, the fact that
there are any pesticide residues on organic food shows that conventional
farming is poisoning our whole world, not just conventional crops.
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Dining Services has recently introduced organic granola and begun baking some organic bread.
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Why Reduce Pesticide Use?
Not effective:
< 1% of the pesticides actually reaches the pests;
> 99% enters the environment.
Contaminates drinking water:
Pesticides have contaminated the drinking water of 14 million
Americans in the Corn Belt and Chesapeake Bay regions
Harms humans:
The Food Quality Protection Act (1996) recognizes that many
pesticides present unacceptably high health risks, particularly to infants
and children.
From DDT to dursban, the EPA has removed scores of pesticides from
the food supply precisely because they were not safe to eat.
Organic food is grown without pesticides.
Support the introduction of organic food at Princeton by using the
suggestion box in your Dining Hall; also, look out for upcoming surveys!