Organic vegetables, organic food and organic cosmetics have become the choice of Hanoians.

Le Thu Ha, an office worker in Ha Dong district, drops into an organic vegetable shop on Dang Van Ngu Street on the way home every afternoon to buy organic vegetables.

Ha said that she has been buying vegetables at the shop for one month. “It’s not safe vegetables, but organic vegetables. The vegetables here are better and even safer than “safe vegetables,”” Ha said.

Pham Van Luong, the manager of Green Life, a food shop at No 99 Dang Van Ngu Street in Dong Da district, said that organic vegetables are not much more expensive than safe vegetables. Therefore, the sales of organic vegetables have been increasing steadily. His shop, for example, sells 20 kilos of vegetables of different kinds a day.

The organic vegetable shop at No 148 Le Trong Tan street, a newly established one, which specializes in distributing the products sourced from the farms in Luong Son of Hoa Binh province, has also attracted many buyers. People come there to buy organic vegetables because they believe that the vegetables available here do not have chemical residues, thus being safe to human.

Eating organic vegetables has become the choice of Hanoians. Many people buy in large quantities for the whole family’s use. Meanwhile, others, who want to save money, reserve organic vegetables for old members in the families and children.

The owner of a real estate firm in Hanoi said that his firm has a large land fund which he plans to develop villas. For the time being, the firm decided to grow organic vegetables. All the workers of the firm have been using the clean vegetables in the last two years. Especially, the firm now also provides organic vegetables to customers.

Agriculture experts say that organic vegetables have more advantages than normal vegetables. They are more delicious, cleaner, and friendly to the environment.

There are some differences between normal and organic vegetables. First, organic vegetables have true green color, not dark green as normal vegetables. Second, the leaves are thick and short. Third, they are heavy and solid. Fourth, they can be protected in the room temperature, no need to be kept in refrigerators. Fifth, the vegetables have natural flavor. 

At present, organic vegetables are grown in Soc Son district in Hanoi, while the number of households and groups of farmers providing organic vegetables remains modest.

According to Luong, the vegetables have been grown with no chemicals. Therefore, they are absolutely safe to people. However, organic vegetables do not have a good appearance like normal vegetables. 

People not only can buy organic vegetables from shops, but they can grow organic vegetables at home. A space of three square meters is enough to have an organic vegetable garden.

Do Van Thanh, a Hanoian, said that his garden can provide enough vegetables to the family’s use. He said growing organic vegetables is really a good job for old and retired people.

Hanoians not only have been hunting for organic food, but also for organic cosmetics. Nguyen Hoang Anh in Ba Dinh district in Hanoi said that she now only uses the cosmetics with the natural extracts, especially for skin care. She said she feels satisfactory with the set of skin care products imported from the US, which are advertised as “absolutely natural.”

The owner of a cosmetics shop also said that the products with natural extracts are always the best sellers.

Source: VNN