Organic materials add value to your product.
An organically produced product tells your customers that you care about quality.
Organic products meet stringent standards. Organic certification is the public's assurance that products have been grown and handled according to strict procedures without persistent toxic chemical inputs.

 

Organic production reduces health risks.
Many EPA-approved pesticides were registered long before extensive research linked these chemicals to cancer and other diseases. Organic agriculture is one way to prevent any more of these chemicals from getting into the air, earth and water that substain us. Conventional cotton is the most pesticide-intensive crop grown in the United States. For every organic cotton T-shirt and pair of jeans you buy, you save the planet from a pound of pesticides. It takes approximately one-third of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grown enough cotton for just one T-shirt.

 

Organic farmers build healthy soil.
Soil is the foundation of the food chain. The primary focus of organic farming is to use practices that build healthy soils.

 

Organic farms respect our water resources.
Building topsoil in combination with the elimination of polluting chemicals and nitrogen protects and conserves our water resources.

 

Organic farmers work in harmony with nature.
Organic agricultural respects the balance demanded of a healthy ecosystem: wildlife is encouraged by including forage crops in rotation and by retaining fence rows, wetlands, and other natural areas.

 

Organic producers are leaders in innovative research.
Organic farmers have led the way, largely at their own expense, with innovative on-farm research aimed at reducing pesticide use and minimizing agriculture's impact on the environment.

 

Organic producers strive to preserve diversity.
The loss of a large variety of species (bio diversity) is one of the most pressing environmental concerns. The good news is that many organic farmers and gardeners have been collecting and preserving seeds, and growing unusual varieties for decades.

 

Organic farming helps keep rural communities healthy.
The USDA reports that half of U.S. farm production came from only 2% of the farms in 1997. We can do better than this! Organic agriculture can be a lifeline for small farms because it offers an alternative market where sellers can command fair prices for crops.
 

At the end of its lifetime, PVC must be either burned or buried. Burning releases dioxins and hydrochloric acid, which contributes to acid rain that can contaminate land and water.
 

Dioxins are extremely long-lived in the environment, and, because they are fat soluble, they concentrate in the tissues of humans and other species. Dioxins from Louisiana manufacturing plants migrate on the winds and concentrate in Great Lakes' fish. The Dioxin exposure of the average American already poses a calculated risk of somewhere between 1 in 100 to 1 in 1,000 of times greater than the usual standard for acceptable risk.
 

PVC is difficult and expensive to recycle, so much of it ends up in landfills where, over time, harmful additives, such as phthalates can leak. Phthalates (pronounced ' thal-aytes') are found in plastisol ink and is what gives the ink stretch and flexibility. It is unclear how much damage this manmade material is causing, however the EU recently banned two Phthalates, DEHP and DBP, from use in cosmetic and personal care products.