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Why do Organic products cost more?

Pretty much no matter where in the country you live a trip to your local grocery store will reveal an abundance of organic products. Free of harmful ingredients and produced/grown under optimal conditions these products not only taste better but are also better for you. The downside is they also cost more, much more. But why do organic foods cost so much more?

Organic Farmers Do Not Receive Government Subsidies

Well for one thing farmers growing organic crops do not receive subsidies for their crops like their pesticide toting counterparts. This means the price you pay at the grocery store for organic produce and other goods reflects the true cost to produce that good.

Sifting Through the Red Tape to Become an Organic Farmer

To become a certified organic farm takes well over a year, the price of organic products reflects that year of lost income. Likewise your facilities are under tighter controls and are inspected much more often and throughly over regular farms. These inspection services are paid for by the farm owner and often total thousands of dollars.

Location, Location, Location

You can’t chose just any old location for your organic farm. The soil must have particular levels of nitrates and carbon to live up to organic standards. The relatively smaller supply of land available to organic entrepreneurs is just another element that adds to the costs of organic products.

Flown In

The strong demand for organic products coupled with the tight supply of said goods means many organic products are flown in each and every day from places like South America and British Columbia. Think your cars a gas guzzler, how about a Boeing 747?

Making the Decision to Buy Organic

Before you decide to shell out the extra dinero for that organic apple ask yourself do the benefits of this organic product off-set the additional cost? Factors to take into account are your health, becoming chemical and additive free, and just knowing organic tastes better.