Five Facts About Produce - Safe Fruits and Veggies

Five Facts About Produce

When it comes to produce, it should be simple: Eat more organic and conventional fruits and veggies every day for better health and a longer life.

Consider these five produce facts:

We Don’t Eat Nearly Enough

Only one in 10 Americans eat enough produce each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Slight Increases Can Prevent Diseases

If half of Americans increased their consumption of fruits and veggies by a single serving each day, 20,000 cancer cases could be prevented annually.

Washing Removes Residues

Washing organic and conventional produce under running tap water often removes or eliminates any minute residues that may be present, according to the FDA.

People Who Eat More May Be Happier.

Peer reviewed studies show mental well-being rose in accordance with the amount of fruits and vegetables consumed.

Continually Tested for Safety.

Over 99% of the produce sampled by USDA had pesticide residue levels well below safety standards established by the EPA. And a third of the foods sampled by the USDA had no detectable residues at all.

But there’s more!

Fruits and veggies comprise the only food group that health experts everywhere agree we should all eat more of every day for better health and a longer life. And, since farmers’ own families are their first consumers, food safety is always their priority.

Healthy and Safe – the most important facts of all to remember.

We are the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a non-profit organization formed in 1989 which represents organic and conventional farmers of fruits and vegetables.

The information presented on this website was developed in conjunction with experts in the fields of toxicology, risk analysis, nutrition, health and farming.

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