Friday, 24 January 2014

Organic Vegetables & Speaking Of John Hopkins

By Rob Sutter


When talking about the food options from school to school, it's clear that some have made greater changes than others. For example, there were quite a few elementary schools in New York City that have taken up more vegetarian options. It's clear that society is becoming more aware of the increased need to stay healthy, which is where I feel like organic vegetables and the sort have come into play. The same can be said about the recent changes made with John Hopkins University and there is quite a bit to talk about.

John Hopkins University recently became a campus that has taken up more in the way of organic vegetables and other related options in terms of dining. The Baltimore Sun put forth an article that went into detail about, amongst other aspects, the vegetable options offered. If you would like to know, 25 variants of fruits and veggies have been put forth. It's been said that the school is looking to only prepare food with organic options, which is worthy of attention from authorities such as Colle Farmers Market.

As stated before, there have been other campuses that have gone about this type of shift as well. The report said that JHU is one of the 19 colleges in America to join the Real Food Challenge. What this entails is every school that participates has to be able to obtain, at least, 20 percent of its food from local growers by 2020. It's a strong challenge to make and it is one that a number of schools have decided to take up. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge linked to these crops that schools have picked up on.

If you want to know where your food comes from, it's clear that people require more than simply the location from where it was grown. You want to know that the best care was taken in order to clean these crops. Synthetic components, pesticides being one instance, are some of the most noteworthy and I think that these are the ones that have to be made. These, in my opinion, are why shopping options are so extensive and why they should be taken advantage of.

I think that this may come about sooner rather than later, especially when there are various organic vegetables that can be brought to the forefront. I do not think that many people understand the variety that these products can possess. You want to be able to eat healthfully and it's apparent that this matter of thinking has translated to schools as well. Students are slowly but surely understanding the importance of eating right because of this and such knowledge is going to carry on even after graduation is done.




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