Organic foods have being gaining popularity recently. The holistic pet food industry is also moving in the direction of using more organic ingredients. HealthyPetNet, the holistic pet food manufacturer, is no exception. For example, they use organic chicken for their canned cat food, and organic herbs for their shampoo.

Speaking of organic food, I can't help being impressed by the efforts organic farmers make to keep insects away from the produce in their farms -- without depending on heavy usage of pesticides. Every time I shop at health food stores, I can't walk by vegetable and fruit sections without admiring their quality.

When I was a child, my relatives used to grow vegetables and bring them to our family. Since they never used pesticides, the first thing we had to do was to remove bugs from the vegetables. Even if we cleaned them carefully, some bugs always ended up in our meals. I remember scooping away dead (cooked!) bugs floating on the surface of my soup as I ate. Every time I see organically-grown vegetables, I somehow remember bugs in my soup many years ago. Considering organic farmers' efforts to grow their vegetables in a natural way and at the same time to keep bugs away,I'm not surprised by the relatively high price of their produce.

I hope more and more people and pets will enjoy healthy foods made with the minimum use of chemicals.