It seems like just about everything has an organic version these days. But is it worth it to make the switch and go organic for your little dog?
When you feed your little dog foods and treats made from organic ingredients, you are omitting potentially harmful substances from their diet. For grains, this means that only all-natural, safe fertilizers, weed killer, and pest repellents were used, instead of hazardous chemicals. It is estimated that 60% of all conventional weed killer and 30% of all conventional insecticides are potentially cancer-causing.
For meats, the livestock is fed healthier organic feed, and no growth hormones or antibiotics were given to the animal. Additionally, organic meats come from animals that are usually treated more humanely than factory farmed livestock.
Cotton farming is responsible for utilizing one-quarter of the world's insecticides and over 10% of the world's pesticides. In the US alone, approximately 600,000 tons of pesticides and chemical fertilizers are applied to cotton fields each season.
Organic cotton comes from crops grown in soil which has not been sprayed with dangerous pesticides for at least three years. Compost, beneficial insects, and other organic matter enrich the soil. Weed growth is controlled by high-tech farm machinery and manual labor. The result? The purest natural fabric that you'll love for your little one's clothing, or for a soft cloth toy or blanket.
Working together with the goodness of nature, you truly can't go wrong when you and your puppy go organic!