Organic food is great for the soul. In fact, we’d go as far as to suggest that good food is a necessity rather than a luxury, wouldn’t you agree?
Many “self-processed” or “documented” experts will often state how everything’s a numbers game in the end but today, we’re going to turn the tables slightly. Sure, we could provide you with a whole bunch of sexy statistics from good-looking sources but we find that sometimes nothing quite hits the spot like some good old-fashioned personal experience stories.
Some of you may be well versed with Nim-Véda Australia and what we do here, especially those of you obsessed about an organic diet. Others of you may have stumbled across this blog by chance but considering our wonderful, loyal fans and their demographics, few of you would have had a chance to experience where we were born first hand.
Wentworth Falls is beautiful. Don’t believe us? Here’s a picture for you because pictures never lie …
We’re a town of around 5,650 and we like doing things naturally here. Basically, it’s a perfect little home for an ethically environmental company like Nim-Véda Australia. This is all well and good but you may be wondering right about now on what this has to do with good food.
Wentworth Falls is made up of a small community of mainly like minded people (there’s always a few stray-a-way’s but it keeps us on our toes. Besides, variety is the spice of life!) who care about one another and their surroundings, much like many other small communities peppered across this beautiful planet of ours.
We’ve been noticing a trend lately that can only be classified as awesome.
Many of us around the world are scared. We’re terrified of the burgeoning diseases that aren’t happening across shores anymore. Now they happen to people we know, a lot closer to home – like our family members, our friends, our neighbours … our loved ones.
Sure, there isn’t any definite evidence to suggest that what we’re putting into our bodies has a direct correlation with all the new age, modern day problems humans are facing now but something inside of us is saying there’s got to be something wrong with what we’re doing. And eating.
Our ancestors (and not too long ago either) seemed to be so much happier, so much healthier than we are nowadays. Sure, the stresses of modern technology play a factor but grandparents always appeared to eat well. They ate everything but they never seemed to have to deal with the repercussions, at least not like we have to.
I don’t know about you but we never tire of hearing stories about how my grandmothers used to eat fresh vegetables that they’d pick on their way to and from school. Nothing quite tasted as delicious they would often tell us and we’d roll our eyes at their exaggeration. Seriously, how can one carrot taste any different from another, right?
Well, it turns out, carrots actually can taste different. I would never have believed it until my mum brought home some cabbage a couple of years ago that had been grown at the Child Care Centre she was a Director at during the time. Absolutely organically and with much needed tender loving care from the kids there at the time.
Now we know how ridiculous this sounds but we never knew cabbage could taste as amazing as it did that day. Seriously.
Which got us thinking. What’s the difference between cabbage bought at your local supermarket chain and some grown in your backyard? Is it:
1- Some TLC?
2- Absence of Harmful Chemicals?
3- Absence of Dangerous Pesticides?
4- Grown in Season?
5- Locally Sourced?
6- Grown the way Mother Nature intended in terms of size and amount?
Though we were left scratching our heads the way we often did when faced with innumerable possibilities in Multiple Choice tests, we realised that it had to be a combination of All of the Above.
Let’s face it, Mother Nature isn’t stupid. There’s got to be a reason why certain foods thrive in some seasons and lay dormant in others, why an organic tomato is so much smaller and “disfigured” in comparison to one of the perfectly shaped identical to one another tomatoes in the large supermarket store.
There’s a reason all strawberries aren’t created equally, why organically grown ones differ in colour, texture, shape and size. Even in taste. Is it really possible that all raspberries grown from the same plant look the same? Are we all identical, even when we’re siblings? Nope.
So why should our food be any different?
Frankly, it shouldn’t.
A craze seems to be erupting around us, one that has evolved from this very thinking.
Something magical happened during the spring/summer break here in Wentworth Falls. People have started growing their own vegetables and best of all; they’re not hiding them away in a place of their own, far away from prying eyes. They’re growing them on council land, for all of us to see and partake in this awesome revolution. Sharing truly is caring and what better way to show and spread the love than through food!
With more and more of us looking at growing our own vegetables, it’s no wonder organic food is gaining as much popularity and recognition as it is. Going back to our roots (excuse the pun) has never been as important and as much fun as it is today.
It’s so hard to find something that’s good for you and tasty too, but for those of us who don’t have the luxury (or space, or time, or a prerequisite green thumb) to grow our own vegetables and fruit, the next best thing is Organic Foods.
Nim-Véda Australia has a wide variety of great Certified Organic and Organic additions in terms of Spices, Oils, Grains and more for you to dig your teeth into.
Many of our customers always tell us that “normal” food just doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s the power of natural products, once you get a taste of organic goods, you can never go back.
Don’t believe us? Give us a try and let us know.
What are your personal experiences with Organic Products and are you a believer or not? Tell us why, we are very interested!