Organic food is no healthier, study finds

[DrakeMaiden]

Has anyone read the details of this study?

Seems to me that "nutrient" can mean a lot of things. What are they measuring exactly? Levels of protein, carbohydrate, and fat or vitamins and minerals?

 

[me&thegals]

How true. Nutrients include fat, protein, carbs, vitamins and minerals. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the first 3 were identical

 

[angelib1]

angelib1 wrote:
Organic home grown is not the same as organic big farm. This I know for a fact and won't buy organic from commercial sources. won't say more unless you want to know more.

yes I would like to know the info you have about big organic farms and why you won't buy their produce?

just interested and would like to know what you mean..LOL


My DH works for a crop duster service. We along with about 14 other familys live here at the air strip. We are all self suffecientish and environment conscious. Anyway, anything reg. farmers put on their fields is regulated by the dept. of Ag. Everything has to be tested for safety and has very strict rules about what it can be used on, how and when it can be applied. How long till it can be harvested. How long till reentrace in to field ( when it is safe for workers to enter field). All this is closely supervised, and there are huge fines for any mistakes. Organic farmers are regulated by the Food and Drug Admin. there is no testing of any thing they put on their fields for safety, no rules for what, how, when to use it, when its safe for workers to reenter fields, no supervision, no penilties. [Which is why most products use by american organic farmers are banned in England and most european countrys.] In fact this company sprays for several organic farms and has found out the hard way how caustic and dangerous some of these products are. So for me, after seeing an airplane that looked abit like swiss cheese after applying
an ORGANIC product, I'm stayen away from the stuff.