Fast and convenience food Vs Healthy and organic food

The question of whether organic food is worth all the fuss is a big one. Is it actually better for you or is it just a phase that we as a community have picked up on?  

After all organic food…

• Is more expensive than convenience food.
• Must be thoroughly washed because improperly composted animal fertiliser may have contaminated it.
• Is not always available. This is because organic farmers rely entirely on natural cycles. Floods, droughts and pest infestations can ruin the entire crop. Conventional farmers can artificially extend the natural seasonality of their fruits and vegetables, so that you get oranges in summer and avocado pears all year round.
• If imported may have been sprayed with chemicals to keep it fresh, so it is actually not as organic as it claims on the packet.
• Some farmers claim that their chickens are organic and free range, but if they are free range how can you be sure that they are only eating organic food.

So maybe I’m right in saying that organic food actually isn’t worth all the fuss and we should just stick to other methods of farming which use chemicals and are a lot easier if not quite so profitable.                                                             That brings me to convenience food. Convenience food is food that is easy and cheap. Some people think that convenience food is all bad for you. But an apple is convenient and it is on average cheaper than almost any thing that you can buy from a heath food shop. Convenience food is a huge help to less wealthy families who don’t have the money. They can go to the Super Market and pick up a cheap brand of tinned peaches or a tub of ice cream without damaging their health any more than if they went to a health food shop and bought a peach and some Soya ice cream.               Super Markets are a constant supply of convenience food. With Tesco you can even order your shopping over the Internet. Which is ideal if you are elderly, disabled or have of young children.                                                They often sell ready meals that are useful because they have been pre-prepared you can just stick them in the microwave or oven and most only take seconds to heat up and you can freeze them and eat them to weeks after you bought them.                                                                          There are the smaller brands of fast food. Takeaways like Fish and Chips, Chinese, Indian, and Pizzas and so on are help for people who don’t have the time to cook for them selves. These places are local and so you don’t need to drive to get them and are not polluting the environment with car fumes.                                                                                                 From the research that I have done I think that I can say; that yes fast and convenience food is an easy and helpful alternative to organic and health food as well as being cheaper.