The organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and they were processed without ionizing radiations or food additives .

Live stocks reared without the routine use of antibiotics and without the use of growth hormones ,in most countries ,organic foods mustn’t be genetically modified .

Organic foods production is legally regulated currently ,the united states ,the European union ,Japan and many countries require producers to obtain organic certification in order to market the food as organic .

Historically ,organic farms have been relatively small family runs farms, which is why organic food was once available in small stores ,or farmers markets ,however ,since the early 1990 organic food had growth rates of around 20% a year ,far ahead of the rest of the food industry ,in both developed and developing nations ,as of April 2008 ,organic food accounts for 1-2%of food sales worldwide .

Future growth is expected to range from 10-50% annually depending on the country.

Also several surveys and studies have attempted to examine and compare conventional the organic system of farming .

Later on short term its been proven that organic farming don’t consume or release synthetic pesticides into the environment some of which have the potential to harm soil ,water and the local terrestrial and aquatic wildlife ,and organic foods are better than conventional farms at sustaining diverse ecosystems,i.e ,populations of plants and insects , as well as animals