Organic Food (Yahoo Answers 2007)

Notes by host J. Keith van Straaten

*On the streets, we talked to dozens of people from all over the world. I don't think we found a single person who said organic food wasn't a better way to go.




*The very crafty Jules Dervaes runs the Path To Freedom Urban Homestead with his family. They've created a genuine farm on their plain ol' city lot in Pasadena. They were gracious hosts to us for our shoot. And they didn't give us a hard time for misspelling their family name in the video.

*Christine Bybee is indeed a certified nutritionist --and a nutritionist to the stars! The Rutgers University study she cites is actually still a topic of debate in the nutrition community. Judge for yourself.

*Anna Getty has already judged and is definitely pro-organic! She's a spokesperson for The Organic Center and understandably I felt a little uncomfortable taking a Big Bite of hot dog in front of her. No worries; I more than made up for it a few weeks later.

*The lady serving me my pizza and salad is Mani, our fabulous PA. I call her Libbie as a way of saying hi to my grandmother.

What got cut... The salad Mani/Libbie put down was put together by the Dervaes family. It was made entirely from their farm, was 100% organic, and was topped by edible flowers. Yum! Still, the original ending had me getting into a tug-of-war over the non-organic pizza with our cameraman! (He won.)

For more info on who I am and what I'm up to, check out my Yahoo! 360 page or my personal site.

And who knows, maybe next time we're out talking to people on the street, we'll run into YOU!

Visit these urban farmers and urban homesteaders at their website www.PathtoFreedom.com

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[dan665]

What i think is important, is genetic diversity. No wonder we have so many new allergies. The same peanuts have been given to generations and generations of Americans. I won't go into the details about allergies but if the body comes into contact with same peanut strain for their entire lifetime and there children as well, our bodies begin to become oversensitive to this peanut. The same goes for milk.

[samsiebman]

Your argument is the equivalent of "I'm going to drop a bomb on a metropolis, but it will only kill the women." Also, while conventional soil is NPK rich, it lacks vital micronutrients upon which the plants depend. owned.

[Tommyr]

Organic food and non organic have the same nutritional values. This video is full of manure. There is no scientific proof to otherwise. Your pockets are being picked.

[mycrazycatXD]

I have a yahoo awnsers account :)

[myndy86]

@Aspenly MOST studies say organic is MORE nutritious. 2010 PubMed, Fruit and Soil Quality of Organic and Conventional Strawberry Agroecosystem "In the past 10 years,ten review studies of the scientific literature comparing the nutrition of organic and conventional foods have been published. Eight of these review studies found some evidence of organic being more nutritious.

[myndy86]

@RedRooster700 @Quiet1International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition compared organic vs conentional diets in animals. Weight gain was greater in organically fed rats,mortality was lower at 9 weeks,incidence of degenerative disease was lower. Lower mortality in rabbits fed organically. 2nd and 3rd generation rabbits from organically fed parents had higher birth rates and more viable embryos.Infectious illnesses were less frequent in 2nd generation organically fed animals.

[Quiet1]

@RedRooster700 exactly!!!! I totally agree with you, I'm a psych major, and I do believe it is a placebo effect..it's so stupid how people fall for the old saying "if it's more expensive, it must be better" when in reality organic foods are more prone to ecoli, locus, and other harmful funguses..

[Flowerpowernluv]

I love organic anythign.... but what does this have to do with Yahoo Answers? I hate Yahoo Answers. For info, I use Google, YouTube and eHow.

[RedRooster700]

This is total bullshit. Completely biased.

"Feeling better" after eating organic food is completely a result of the placebo effect. The truth of the matter is, if conventional food was "bad" for us - then everyone in the USA should have some kind of disease or mutation.

[TheCameoAfro1]

@samsiebman blah blah blah go plant some shit..

[Laughter116]

@CollegeLoheart About what, exactly? You could panic, protest, or grow your own food. Join a CSA. Follow your heart. Install solar if it makes you feel better. I wouldn't fall for "buying carbon credits" that's just a way for somebody to cash in on your worries.