F2F Class Notes (Lily)[R]

Vocabulary

processed food: sausage, hotdogs, not too healthy food

ex: I love to eat processed food hahahahh

contaminate: to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.:

ex: Lily contaminated my mushroom soup by putting cucumbers in it.

stand somebody/something: tolerate somebody/ something

ex: I can’t stand you anymore, can you go away?

ex: I can’t stand the smell of onions.

Pronunciation

ingredients: pieces of food

ex: To make a good pancake, we need ingredients like flour, egg, sugar and milk.

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Organic food is very popular these days. It can also be very expensive. Some organic food costs twice as much as non-organic food. Parents of young children, and even some pet owners, will pay high prices for organic food if they think it’s healthier. But many others think organic food is just a waste of money.

There is one main difference between organic and non-organic food. Organic farms do not use agricultural chemicals such as pesticides that stop insects from damaging crops. In many countries foods that claim to be organic must have special labels that guarantee they’re grown organically.

Some people think organic also means “locally grown”, and originally this was true. But over time organic farming has become big business, with many organic foods now being grown by large agricultural companies that sell their products far from where they’re grown. Processed food made with organic ingredients has also become more popular. At first, only small companies produced these products. But as demand overtook supply, big food companies that had been selling non-organic products for many years also began selling organic products. Small organic food companies found it difficult to compete with these big companies, and many didn’t stay in business much longer.

Is organic food safer and more nutritious? This is an important part of the debate. Many farmers and consumers believe it is. They think agricultural chemicals can cause serious illnesses like cancer, but there isn’t much evidence proving this is true. However recent studies have shown that eating organically-grown produce reduces your chances of developing heart disease. Many doctors think it’s more important to stop dangerous bacteria from contaminating foods. These bacteria can contaminate both organic and non-organic fruit and vegetables, and doctors recommend washing produce carefully before eating it.