Organic Food

Organic food production basically done without harming environment, animals, plants and life. Organic food production is done in a way that it does not harm the soil, is good for human health and does to have any negative effects on the environment. This usually mean abstaining from the use of fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, hormones and fungicides. In organic food production, the animals are not given hormones to facilitate their growth while the plants are not given fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides. Food produced through organic food production is very healthy as it is pure and free of chemicals and hormones.
Drawbacks of organic food production:
High maintainability:
One of the problem with organic food production is that in organic farming it is really thought to save the crops from insect, pest and grown them. They require a lot of hard work since no insecticides or pesticides can be used on then and if it gets diseased the whole crops is ruined. Thus, it is bad for the industry but big food businesses do make up for their cost by increasing food prices.
Low yields:
This is another problem with organic food production that its yields are very low. Despite all the care is given the organic crops yield is low because no chemical fertilizers are used to help them grow rapidly as in non-organic farming. Also, when the animals are not given hormones their growth is slower and the yield is often less too. For example, cows are given hormones in non-organic methods so that they grow faster and give more mil while in organic method the cows grow slowly and give less milk because no artificial hormones are given.
Benefits of organic food production:
The benefits of organic farming and organic food production are mostly only for the consumers and environment in USA. Organic food is still in demand in USA, but because it is expensive, it is not preferred by most people.
Health:
Mostly people buy organic food because it is natural and healthy. Non-organic food is full of chemicals and fertilizers and is thus not very good for health because the effect of the additives can be accumulative. For example, the hormones injected to cows can accumulate in human body when we consume the milk produced by them or eat their meat. The hormones can later interfere with normal body functions and cause problems. For example, the consumption of meat in excess amount by pregnant women caused fertility problem in their sons since the hormones given to cows are female (hormones.http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5543.cfm)
Environment friendly:
Another benefit of organic food is that , its production does to harm the environment because all the chemical are not sprayed in the air like in non-organic food production. So, environmentalist advocate organic food for this reason as the organic food spares the environment. Organic farming also does not reduce soil's fertility as the non-organic farming does. All the chemicals from non-organic methods go into the environment and damage it while organic food production is environment friendly. Natural methods like crop rotation to restore soil fertility and green manure is also used as natural fertilizers.
Conclusion:
I think the big business of organic food and whole foods have a very bright future because awareness is increasing more and more that organic food is healthy. So, it does have a market. But, organic food requires more work and yield but big businesses compensate it by increasing the cost of their product. And the consumers are willing to pay a high price for healthy foods.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/ofp/ofp.shtml

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5543.cfm