1. Wake Up With a Cup of Pesticide
Imagine drinking a cup of pesticide and herbicide each morning--that ought to wake you up. Years of ingesting pesticides and herbicides from foods gradually affect a person's body and overall health. In general, coffee ranks as the most chemically treated agricultural product on the planet. Although a controversial topic, research is currently being conducted to evaluate the consequences of long-term ingestion of pesticides and herbicides. Advocates of organic coffee and other foods believe both pesticides and herbicides damage cells and organs in human bodies and often lead to several types of cancer. Organic coffee growers use natural pesticides and herbicides, such as other bugs that are harmless to coffee plants. Artificial pesticides and herbicides also have long-term affects on the environment.
2. Organic Includes Environmentally Friendly Fertilizers
Growers of organic coffee use natural fertilizers, made up of organic matter. Non-organic coffee growers tend to apply inorganic chemicals as fertilizers to soil and to the coffee plants themselves. When artificial fertilizers are used, just as with the use of artificial pesticides/herbicides, chemicals stay with the beans and end up in your body. Synthetic fertilizers are also bad for the environment. These fertilizers eventually ruin soil and contaminate the water supply. Using organic fertilizers, such as blue green algae, naturally promotes plant growth without harming humans and damaging the environment.
3. Organic Coffee Tastes Better
Unlike non-organic coffees, organically produced coffee has a pure taste. Many coffees not organically grown tend to leave you with a metallic or chemical aftertaste, or they are harsher on your stomach. Granted, coffee beans from different regions and plantations produce varying tastes and strengths, but typically it's not the bean, itself, causing such aftertastes or upset stomachs.
4. Discover Certified Organic Suppliers
Make sure to buy certified organic coffee. Certification agencies, such as the Organic Crop Improvement Association, test and evaluate plantation growing environments, soils and agriculture techniques used. Coffee plantation owners pay fees for organic inspection and certification. When you buy organic coffee, look for the certification label. Find a list of organic coffee suppliers on the "Organic Trade Association" website.
5. Java That's Bird Safe
Most non-organic coffee is mass-produced on plantations where they cut down the trees. The goal is a higher coffee yield for these farmers. Unfortunately, most of these plantation areas are clear-cut and void of all trees, thereby eliminating the habitats of all sorts of species of birds around the world. In some countries, agriculture is causing the elimination of entire rain forests, and many of the new plantations are for coffee. Organically treated coffee plants grown under shade is good for the environment, and song birds like to use the actual coffee plants as a natural habitat. Promoting biodiversification, growing coffee plants under shade also decreases the call for herbicides and fertilizers.
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