why would anybody eat organic foods anyway?

Organic food is food which has been produced to standards designed to keep the production more 'natural'. Fewer, if any, chemicals are used and most pesticides are banned - when they are used they are very carefully controlled.

Some people say organic foods are better than processed foods because:

• with processed foods there can be hidden fats, salt and sugar that can go in during the processing.
• food certified as organic is not allowed to contain GM (genetically modified) ingredients.
• eaters of organic food think that it tastes better.
• some people buy organic meat because the animals are treated better.

also there isn't the risk of farming chemicals affecting water supplies.