Understanding What "Organic" Meat Means

When you go shopping in the grocery store, or even when you read up on different foods that are beneficial for health, you will come across organic meat, and while you might understand what "organic vegetables" and "organic fruits" are, you might be wondering what, exactly, makes meat "organic."

As the demand for meat has continued to increase over the last hundred or so years, those who produce meat have started to look for every "edge" they can find that allows them to produce as much meat as possible, for as little cost as possible. Because of this, most meat that you see in stores (and, for that matter, in restaurants) has been grown using synthetic foods, steroids, and hormones that cause the animals to grow at an unnaturally fast rate; furthermore, these animals are kept in what amounts to nothing more than "storage," with no room for any of them to even walk or move around.

Organic meat, on the other hand, is not fed anything unnatural, and (in name, at least) is given natural living conditions; this not only means that organic meat is far healthier for you, but it also means that it is far superior in taste as well!

Before you buy organic meat, however, make sure you do your homework, as some companies still do the bare minimum required to label their meat as "organic" - just so they can give the meat a big markup and make lots of extra money.

The best place to purchase organic meat is at Whole Foods (or at a similar store), as Whole Foods has a gradation process for how organic the meat is; when you shop there, you will not only know that the meat has been raised eating natural foods, but you can check the labels to see just how natural the living conditions were as well!

By switching to the purchase of organic meat, you will be able to do your small part to keep from promoting the inhumane conditions in which animals are kept by most meat-producing companies - and moreover, you will also be able to eat much healthier and much tastier meat!