FATAL ATTRACTION

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AGING GRACIOUSLY- Organically Ofcourse
Most people don’t know the difference between
organic food and conventiol ones and in most cases
we assume they are organic. Ngina Ndolo,
Founder and CEO Kapu la Afya shares more on this.
I am amazed every time I visit my grandmother as
I always find her tending to something in her
garden. Her strength amazes me and as
embarrassing as it is to say, I can hardly keep up
with her. She says she was born during a great famine and speaks of a
time when dance and food was plentiful, her stories sound so fairytale
like but the expression on her face clearly tells that they are real
My grandmother grows most of her crops and rears her own animals.
I tried once to “educate” her on the advantages of using fertilizers and
chemicals on her farm but she would have none of it. “Manure from my
animals works just right,” she said. “But grand ma, that way you can have
more produce and make more money from your farm,” I retorted. My
child, it is not about making more money, she said in a calm voice, it is
about taking care of my health and my soil as well.”
I read once that you are what you eat, sounds familiar? This statement
is so true for my grandmother and her peers. Just because it is fresh and
looks great does not mean that it is healthy and nutritious for you.
She does not know this, but my grandmother is an organic farmer.
Organically grown crops are grown in the simplest way, hence take longer
to grow which allows them to absorb the required natural nutrients for
growth and so retaining their disease fighting properties which are health
giving to our bodies.
How then can we tell apart organic fruits and veggies from conventional
ones?
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