"Organic" vs "Conventional" food
Jul. 29th, 2009 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draggonlaadySo, my standard statement: the term "organic" food pisses me off. By the very definition of the word, everything you eat had better be organic or you won't process it, you carbon-burner, you.
Anyway, study reported by the BBC found no significant differences in nutritional value between food crops raised using pesticides/fertilizers/etc and "organic" crops. This study did not, mind you, address potential differences in ecological impact between methods.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8174482.stm
Anyway, study reported by the BBC found no significant differences in nutritional value between food crops raised using pesticides/fertilizers/etc and "organic" crops. This study did not, mind you, address potential differences in ecological impact between methods.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8174482.stm
