Those pesky chemicals have helped to feed the world. If we converted 100% of our food to being organic we would get lesser yields. That would mean fewer crops. Some say up to 30% of the worlds population would starve. So it seems to be a vanity thing. Not really healthier for you, but others will starve. So you pay more for something that doesn't really carry any benefits and others will suffer. Doesn't make sense to me. What could be a better definition of vain.

I guess Agent Orange, same type of data and faculty lounge support, was also benign. Universities make their money crafting support for the fascist marriage of of govt and mega business. This is the narrative of soft genocide and the UN's Codex Alimentarious.

I'm waiting patiently for a written apology from a dozen different liberal friends who,over the years, have gone to the WALL and cursed my ignorance for failing to appreciate the massive benefits of "Organic" food.

They also defended pyramid hats.

The closest I come to organic is buying produce at the local farmers market. Has nothing to do with organic, just like fresh and giving the locals the business.

Buy Organic - and Starve a 3rd World Child.

When farmers switch to organic processes the amount the raise drops by 40%. The best organic farmers in the world (the Amish) only produce 65% as much as a modern farmer on the same amount of land.

All this means is that the food supply goes down and the price goes up. And, the poor starve.

#2 exactly. BTW, it is the biggest myth ever that "liberals" are the only ones buying or growing their own organic produce. At the largest gourmet grocery store in Amarillo back in 2006, the produce manager was spouting off that the organic trend wouldn't last. Well, he sang a different tune within a few years. It was a top seller and they had extended the selection tremendously.

Are these the same folks who say that GMO (frankenfood) is good for you?

Recent studies published have shown that rats grown on frankenfood corn are developing more neoplasms than those fed non frankenfood.

Russia has banned frankenfood corn and I believe France and the rest of the EU will be looking at the possibility of banning it as well.

I'm not looneytunes about 'organic' btw; I agree with #4 re. farmer's market.

I'm just not sure 'GMO' is the way to go.

Organic gardening is GREAT (if you don't have money for pesticides or fertilizer). I got pretty good yields with rabbit, goat and chicken manure. Would have been better with petro-chemicals.

Heirloom varieties are good insurance against disease. (Heirlooms are GMO's also. Just over a longer time span.) Keep a few around for insurance. Use GMO's for the majority of your plantings.

IF you garden in a dry desert, more organic matter in the soil will help with water retention. Mulch helps with weed control.

IF you are farming hundreds (or thousands) of acres, you WILL go bankrupt farming organically.

Organtophiles, take note:
All organic foods consist ultimate of inorganic molecules, which consist of inorganic atoms.
Still hungry?

Was sold on this hype back in the early 80s.
Now I know better.

The real point in 'organic' food is that they are supposed to be 'chemical free' and therefore 'better' for you some how.

Nutritionally, the differences between organic and conventional are insignificant.

I was amazed to see racks of 'organic seeds' being sold in stores this past spring at 3x the price of normal seeds, as if they were going to make any difference in the plant !

Now, just imagine the moment when most commercial farmers switched to GMOs and use their product to feed the Bio-Fuel industry because they can get better ROI and we are stuck with only expensive organic foods....


Understanding the 'USDA Organic' Label -
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs397

The USDA list of permitted chemicals in organic farming - http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5068682

I think a lot of enviroweenies would welcome the idea of a third of the world starving to death. Not themselves of course.

Some of them think humans are a virus destroying mother Earth.

Pol Pot tried to create a utopia in Cambodia by forcing the whole population onto farms. He worked them to death by the millions. I think he's the patron saint of organic farming.

I realize it's unlikely any LDot naysayer is going to see this at this late date. FWIW...

"the Stanford study is seriously flawed and should never have been deemed scientifically rigorous enough to make national headlines."

"Scientists Tied to Tobacco Industry Propaganda, and Funding from Monsanto, Turn Attention to Organic Food"

“So we were not one bit surprised to find that the agribusiness giant Cargill, the world’s largest agricultural business enterprise, and foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which have deep ties to agricultural chemical and biotechnology corporations like Monsanto, have donated millions to Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, where some of the scientists who published this study are affiliates and fellows.

"Stanford researchers had touted their independence by stating they had not received outside financial support for their study, but failed to delineate the close ties between their internal funding sources and industrialized agriculture and biotechnology interests."

Moral: 1. Always consider the source. 2. Always consider the funding.

http://www.cornucopia.org/2012/09/stanfords-spin-on-organics-allegedly-tainted-by-biotechnology-funding/