Mark

There was a supposedly unbiased and highly annoy study released in the UK a couple of months ago which stated that organics don't have a higher nutritional value. The Anti-organic movement jumped on this as proof that organics are a waste of money and for the ignorant.

Like you are pointed out there are many reasons why we choose organic and for many higher perceived nutritional value doesn't come into the decision making process.

The fact that organic farming isn't pouring oil derived chemicals onto the earth is reason enough reason for me to choose them.

But I think the way we're growing, population rising and at the rate forests are being cut, I think the future is all for non-organic ones.

Regards

Mel

@Chuck Nicely said.

"It's just the way that farming was done for thousands of years and the human population seemed to get by."

Actually, from what I understand malnutrition was pretty common throughout the world, prior to the advent of modern agriculture.

As for chemicals, I'm not entirely comfortable with them, either, but this is worth knowing:
"The number of naturally occurring chemicals present in the food supply-or generated during the processes of growing, harvesting, storage, and preparation-is enormous, probably exceeding one million different chemicals."
(http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/diet/summary.html)
So, it's not like organic foods are chemical-free!

The reference to chemicals is to man-made chemicals not ones existing in nature. Everything is technically made of chemicals including you. The tea plant contains over 4,000 chemical compounds.

But there is a big difference between natural occurring and man-made. For example voluntary sex and rape are both sex, but one is legal and the other is a capital crime (one punishable by death).

I found a link to this page from a person on Twitter that is a Xango distributor. But the Xango product is conventional or non-organic mangosteen. Many of these companies have a health product that is not organic.

I am a distributor for a product that has only organic ingredients like camu camu fruit, acai, cacao, cinnamon, mango, pineapple, dragons blood and nothing else.

The way to stop people from growing foods with chemicals is to only buy organic. That will send a clear message to those companies looking to make money. This is how we stopped companies from killing dolphins while catching tuna.

@Wilson Thanks Wilson. My goal was to take out all the complexities and give simple reasons.

@Pygmy Exactly, who really does studies because they want to find the answer? Who wants to fund those studies?

@Muxin I'm doing some urban gardening and growing my own organic vegetables. it's one of the most rewarding and fulfilling things that I've done. Growing on my fire escape in Manhattan.

@Tek Check my previous post on How To Eat Organic on a Budget