Well, yeah.... that's the whole advertising point "eat organic, it's healthier for you" I've seen several claims about how over-fertilized crops grow so fast they don't have time to accumulate the right nutrients and are just watered-down chemicals.
There are lots of problems with just assuming organic is better for the environment too... shipping distance and type of management and type of hauler make a huge difference; something that comes from a tractor-plowed field 3 miles away and gets hauled in in the old beater flat-bed 1 ton with no muffler is going to do a good bit more environmental damage than something raised in a greenhouse and shipped by van from 50 miles away, for example.
I've always been bemused to see things like the yogurt in Trader Joe's: all organic, better for you and for the environment! Sold in non-recyclable plastic cups.
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Date: 2009-07-30 02:19 pm (UTC)There are lots of problems with just assuming organic is better for the environment too... shipping distance and type of management and type of hauler make a huge difference; something that comes from a tractor-plowed field 3 miles away and gets hauled in in the old beater flat-bed 1 ton with no muffler is going to do a good bit more environmental damage than something raised in a greenhouse and shipped by van from 50 miles away, for example.
I've always been bemused to see things like the yogurt in Trader Joe's: all organic, better for you and for the environment! Sold in non-recyclable plastic cups.