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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Buying organic food online

By Karol Wariala

Co-submitted by: Mustard Dressing. Information on organic products is one of the best searched domains online, and this interest is all owing to the increasing awareness of the organic food benefits. Besides the possibility to find lots of details on vitamins and minerals as well as the health risks posed by non-organic items, consumers now have the chance to actually order organic foods online. Plenty of stores choose the Internet as a promotion environment, with the mention that the the perishable nature of organic food makes long distance transportation a problem. Therefore most of the organic foods online come from local businesses, family farms and markets that deliver the products in no more than two days.

It is however preferable to buy from local suppliers who can actually deliver the organic foods online orders on the same day or within twenty-four hours. In case there is no organic food availability in your area, you can search on the Internet for maps and reviews on the organic products suppliers and retailers that are closest and thus most geographically advantageous for you as a buyer.

The items that are frozen or chilled require special packaging for the preservation of the temperature. Once you find an organic store online to match your needs, also check their terms and conditions to know what to expect from the delivery.

You may also have to pay some extra charges in addition to the transportation too. Should you buy bulk quantities, web sites will often give you a discount; yet, remember that there could be a minimum product quantity required under certain circumstances. The online order is not the same with the farm market purchase: you won't be able to buy just ten eggs but a carton or two as a minimum.

Check all such details before the order or the purchase.

As for delivery, there is a certain local limitation too, even for organic foods online stores. This policy corresponds to the necessity to offer viable products that keep all their properties and do not deteriorate during transportation. The very first condition of buying organic food is that it be fresh, and therefore the items have to remain in a good storage environment until they get delivered.

Make sure that you take such elements into account when you place an order. And finally, remember that shopping with local suppliers is the most rewarding, meaning that the Internet should be the alternative when you are out of options. - 17269

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