Organic, Not So Good?

[TATTRAT]

this was an interesting read to me. I still won't rush to eat pumped up, "laced" food, but this was still interesting.


Organic Farming Is a Load of--hmmm--Fertilizer


A superb article in the Australian popular science magazine Cosmos debunks the organic food and farming craze. On claims that organic is more nutritious, the article notes:

...A comprehensive review of some 400 scientific papers on the health impacts of organic foods, published by Faidon Magkos and colleagues in 2006 in the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, concluded there was no evidence that eating organic food was healthier...

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE HERE

[Renee Attili]

Maybe organic is not "healthier" but it has to be better for you.
(p.s. Your pics are cool!)

[Jeekinz]

Originally Posted by Renee Attili

but it has to be better for you.

Not so good for the wallet though.

[Renee Attili]

Gotta point there Jeenkins. But knowing I am not ingesting pesticides and hormones will more than balance out the cost IMHO.

[Uncle Bob]

Ah, but are you sure you are not....

[Andy M.]

Originally Posted by Renee Attili

Maybe organic is not "healthier" but it has to be better for you.
(p.s. Your pics are cool!)

I'm not sure what the difference is. Please explain.

[GrillingFool]

So I bought a package of mint leaves from the store. Used a few, stuck them in
the fridge and forgot about them.
Bought another package 3 days later.... an ORGANIC package of mint leaves.

Two days later the organic leaves were black and nasty, while the other package
was "tired" but still green and attractive. (5 days in fridge, vs 3 for the organic).

There was no mention of any stabilizers, additives or other "improvements" to
the first package, and both had expiration dates within 3 days of each other.

Interesting, huh?

[BreezyCooking]

I think the problem has to do with all the recent hoopla & thus high prices of "organic" food. Once something is touted as "the way to go", prices skyrocket. And once the government gets involved - look out!!

Years ago, when I first became interested in organic gardening, it wasn't such a big deal. I never used commercial pesticides or fertilizers, & that was it. My chickens were fed non-medicated feed plus all sorts of kitchen scraps, & the eggs were fabulous. The vegetable & herb gardens flourished.

Now organic gardening is "big business", & frankly I'm not sure that's such a good thing. These days there are all sorts of contraptions, fertilizers, pesticides, yadayadayada that you're supposed to buy to be "organic". But before you do, please investigate, because a lot of these companies are just trying to jump on the "organic" bandwagon.

[middie]

Nutriton value is the same I'm sure. I'm still not going to pay the extra bucks for organic though.

[cara]

I think there are two sides you have to look at...
every way of farming has its advantages/disadvantages.

I'm sure organic farming isn't so much different to "normal" farming.
They use the same tractors, the same harrow, the same seeder and the same combine.
They act like ecologists, they have to bring some money home and they do what they need to do, but mostly not more.

We have farming friends, both organic and normal...
it's less work for an organic, there are just not so many steps to perform to bring in the harvest.. and they bring much lest pesticides and insecticides on there land.

I see a much bigger problem in animal health, but for me it's too late now to write about it.. maybe later this week..