{"id":7855,"date":"2016-09-14T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/14\/organic-food-new-green-revolution\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:19:36","slug":"organic-food-new-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/organic-food-new-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Is organic food the new Green Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7855\" class=\"elementor elementor-7855\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62a9d6c9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62a9d6c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a249227\" data-id=\"6a249227\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48de4db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48de4db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><i>In light of our organic-driven <\/i><i><a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/events\/ayurvedic-cooking-workshop\/\\&quot;\">Ayurvedic cooking workshop<\/a>, <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.soilassociation.org\/organic-living\/organicseptember\/\\&quot;\">Organic September<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>and our fruitful collaboration with healthy food specialists <\/i><a href=\"\\&quot;http:\/\/www.hemsleyandhemsley.com\/\\&quot;\"><i>Hemsley + Hemsley<\/i><\/a><i>, today\u2019s blog is about the history of farmed foods and the inexorable rise of one of our favourite industries: organic produce.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84dd61f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"84dd61f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1163da7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1163da7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Food has been the defining factor in humanity\\&#8217;s development and proliferation, and farming has been at its heart. It was the cultivation of crops that allowed people to give up their nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles for a more stable existence, and developments in farming techniques which catered to a growing population as crises of human health were averted. But as the number of farmers has plummeted and the population continues to rise, some are worried that the quantity of produce is affecting its quality. As conventional farming chases bigger produce and bigger crops, the organic industry has emerged touting a radical principle: it\u2019s not the size of the vegetable that counts, but what you do with it. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/organic-food-new-green-revolution\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is organic food the new Green Revolution?<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of our organic-driven Ayurvedic cooking workshop, Organic September\u00a0and our fruitful collaboration with healthy food specialists Hemsley + Hemsley, today\u2019s blog is about the history of farmed foods and the inexorable rise of one of our favourite industries: organic produce. 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