By: Dr. Rafael S.

Barrozo OPTA-Executive Director

What is Organic Farming?

Organic farming is the production of crops

and livestock without

the use of synthetic chemicals and in-

organic fertilizers.

What is conventional/ modern agriculture?

Modern agriculture uses pesticides, herbicides,

fungicides, rodenticides and harmful chemicals to

produce the food we eat.

The food produced from conventional agriculture is harmful to human health because they contain

residues of chemicals and in-organic fertilizers.

 Organic agriculture is healthy for the farmers who produces our foods to the environment because it avoids poisonous chemicals for consumers, who eat the organic food.
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Organic Farming creates Living Soil

Full of life with microorganism, fungi, worms and
termites. Very rich in macro and micro elements, trace elements, and vital energy Very rich in organic matter

Modern Chemical Farming creates Dead Soil

Acidic soils with few microorganisms
Lacking in micro elements, trace elements, poor vitality Almost O organic matter

What are the harmful effects of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides, suicide?
In August 2000, a research team in Holland published findings which showed that men whose jobs gave them a high exposure to pesticides had

significantly lower sperm counts.

 Couple of years earlier, a Danish study found that a

sample of organic farmers had sperm counts 50%

higher than the national average. The Economic and Social Research Council, USDA, published a report in April 2000 saying that a combination of high tech crops, pollution and soil

erosion are affecting the intelligence of millions of

people.
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 High yielding rice and wheat, the so called green revolution crops developed in Los Baos, the

Philippines, are now named as one of the causes of brain damage especially impaired intellect in poor or third world countries. These crops, produced under modern agriculture techniques using large doses of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers are being blamed for intelligence problems because they do not contain essential brain nutrients such as iodine, iron and vitamin A.
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 A decrease in brain size has been reported among

poor communities in Brazil over 30 years.

We evolved bigger brains at the cost of a smaller digestive system requiring high quality food says the report. If food supplies become poor quality or contaminated. This might favor humans with a

bigger gut or larger digestive system but with a resultantly smaller brain.
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 This

phenomenon

has

forced

the

Philippine

government to make laws, RA 8976, the Food Fortification Law requiring all rice, sugar, cooking oil and flour sold in the market to be fortified with iron in the form of ferrous sulfate a synthetic

micronutrient derived from scrap iron.

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 According

to

Hawleys

Condensed

Chemical

Dictionary, one hazard of ingesting large amount of ferrous sulfate is that it causes stomach disorders.

A Stanford University study of 496 patients newly

diagnosed with Parkinsons disease suggests that inhome use of pesticides increases the rich of the neurological disorder by 70%.

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 A study at Emory University in Atlanta, confirmed a

connection between Parkinsons disease and pesticides after laboratory rats developed Parkinsons like symptoms upon prolonged exposure to the organic pesticide rotenone. (Neurology Reviews,

August 2000; Nature Neuroscience, December 2000.)

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 For many years, pesticides were studied mainly to

determine their potential to cause cancer. Recently,

researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York has found that the most widely used class of indoor insecticides is a probable hormone disrupter that may interfered with reproductive functions and

possibly contribute to cancer.

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 Thousands of people in Florida have reported suffering health problems following aerial spraying of the insecticide Malathion against Mediterranean fruit flies attacking food crops. The victims have filed a class-action have sent against Cheminova Inc. the manufacturer of Malathion, which is related to the

nerve gases used in World War II.

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 Modern agriculture or Chemical farming has damaged our environment by contaminating our rivers, lakes, drinking water and clouds forming rain. These poisonous chemicals has killed not only insects but also fish, birds, useful small animals, microorganisms and some plants. These agricultural chemicals is

killing humans too.

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 Without microorganisms, the soil, will be lacking in other micronutrients needed by the body such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, cooper, selinium,

manganese, vit. C, vit. A, vit. B6, Folecin, vit. E,

potassium, etc. There are 23 elements needed for human health that come from the soil.

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 Plants convert the 23 elements, along with carbon,

hydrogen, and oxygen into food nutrients amino

acids, carbohydrates, essential fats, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and fiber. A deficiency or absence of even one element produces deficient food, which can result in health

problems in the body.

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 Dr. Albrecht and Dr. Allison of Missouri University

with the funding by the

International Harvester

Company conducted experiments on animals using plants grown in soil deficient in the 23 elements especially the trace elements. The food produced on this soil was also deficient in

the trace elements or nutrients.

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 The cattle fed with plants grown in poor soil developed certain deficiency diseases. The blood of these sick cattle was analyzed and was found deficient in trace elements. The missing trace elements was supplied or added to the soil and then the animals were fed with food

grown on such enriched soil. The cattle recovered

from their fever and disease.
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 Dr. George H. Earp-Thomas wrote in 1950 his

discoveries on the relationship between poor soil and human and animal diseases. He concluded that There is only one disease, and that is MALNUTRITION.

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 The body cells will die, atrophy away if not supplied

with constant nourishments.

Many soils can no

longer produce foods adequately supplied with all the essential factors. The more you eat of deficient food,

regardless of your health, the more you hasten your

decline if the trace elements are lacking. Such symptoms fill medical books with fancy names, but here is one name which covers practically all of them: MALNUTRITION.
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 Drs. Albrecht-Allison conducted with organic farming produced that would meet the needs profession, that would have all the 32 factors and 23 proportioned for their use.

experiments and an organic food of the medical of or more than elements well

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 The organic food produced from organic crops was

richer in protein than meat, carried all the needed

amino acids, a full and liberal supply of vitamins A, C, K, the B complex, some E, F, G and P. The trace minerals iron, copper, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, cobalt, the factors Inositol, folic aid,

Choline all essential for good health.

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 With the discovery of the health benefits derived

from rich sail coming from organic farming, the nature doctor, or now called naturopathic doctors,

are able to supply proper nutrition to sick persons

and are able to heal their diseases, by giving organically grown foods.

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 Organic Agriculture do not use pesticides. Because of this, the food produced are now called Power Charged foods. Organic foods contain more phyto-chemicals that are called Medicinal Foods.

Scientists from the Department of Food Science and Technology of the University of California-Davis discovered that fruits and vegetables grown organically can reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases. (Journal of Food Chem. 57(5), 2003).

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 According to these scientists, crops grown organically contain more polyphenolics than conventional crops possibly because they are not sprayed with any pesticides. These results showed that berries and corn grown organically contained up to 58 percent more polyphenolics, strawberries, 19% more, blackberries,

58% more and all of them have higher content of

ascorbic acid (Vit C) and other antioxidants, flavonoids and bioflavonoids.
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 Livestock like chicken, pigs and cattle, grown in chemical-industrial animal farming systems are also sources of chemicals harmful to health. The animals grown like sardines in unhealthy animal

farms are fed and injected with synthetic chemicals

to force them to grow fast and survive the pathogenic microorganisms that abounds. These are

antibiotics, growth hormones, steroids, synthetic

vitamins and minerals.
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 When humans eat these animals, they also ingest

these synthetic chemicals and whatever disease

these animals have. Because meat produced in animal farms are too

unhealthy, the Harvard Medical School in its newly

constructed Food Pyramid or Dietary Guide warned that meat should be taken in small quantities, and that Red Meat should be taken only occasionally.

(Paminsan-minsasn lang)
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Today, Oncologists from the Harvard Medical School recommend to cancer patients to:
Change lifestyle Become vegetarians or avoid red meat Eat lots of organic food

Avoid eating at FAST FOOD

Restaurant like McDonalds
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 Because the foods we eat today lack nutritional

content, children and adults, no matter how they eat are starved and tend to eat more then necessary, resulting into: obesity, diabetes, cardio-vascular and heart diseases, and chronic and degenerative

diseases including Parkinsons.

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The best way to Health is by eating only Organic Food.

You can avoid disease by eating only Certified Organic food. The Organic Producers Trade Association, OPTA is also an accredited Organic Certification Agency by

the Department of Agriculture. OPTA-COP performs Organic Farm Inspection and Certifications.

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Interested farmers and food producers who want to learn Organic Farming and Organic Food Processing can contact OPTA, Philippines at:
21 Makaturing Street, Bgy. Manresa, Quezon City, Philippines 1115 Tel. (632) 363-6816 Fax. (632) 415-3636 Cellphone: 0919-7381457 E-mail: opta@edsamail.com.ph website: www.optaphil.com
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End of Presentation
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