Thursday, October 7, 2010
Organic Food vs. Conventional Food
Since we have been talking about food so much and all of the things commonly unknown to the masses, I decided to try and look into the pro's and con's of organic and conventional food. The food is termed by the way it is grown. If it is grown without the use of chemical then it is organic, if chemicals come in contact with the food in the growing process then it is conventional. Is one overall better than the other? Most sites that I went to basically had the same conclusion, that there is not enough evidence to support or discredit either method of farming. They share indentical taste, nutrition value, and neither one has been proven to be the healthier option. I have never even ate an organic food so I can't really imply my own input on which option I think is better, I just know that in all my time of eating conventionaly farmed food I have been fine. One of the only things that I have noticed and is actually proven is that the price of organic food is higher than the cost of conventionaly farmed food. This is a result of the organic farming process taking a lot more work to grow and proctect. So maybe the only bad thing about conventional farming is our perception that chemicals in the growing process is bad. After more research has been done over the topic and until conventional farming is proven to be a more harmful option, I will continue to eat the conventionaly farmed foods.
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Dear Chase P.
ReplyDeleteI would like to eat more organic foods but they just are not as easily accessible as conventionally farmed foods. If the conventional food has all of these advantages over organic foods I do not understand why people are always saying it is better. Like many other food related problems, there needs to be more extensive studies done to show which one is really the better option. I would like to think that people actually cared to know what exactly they are consuming. Thank you for your post.
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