Organic Food vs. Conventional Food : Identifying Organic Foods

Organic food contains no chemical pesticides or fertilizers which may damage your health. Learn how to identify organic foods at the grocery store in this free video.

Expert: Brenda Thompson
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Bio: Brenda L. Thompson is a licensed dietitian and professional chef. She had struggled with weight her entire life. After some extreme life experiences, she decided to change her life for the best.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

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[TottiLucci]

nice

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 The 2 important points from the USDA website are that soil quality is built and maintained through organic and that organic needs less water. This explains why the nutrient level is slightly higher on average for organic and why yields are usually much higher for organic during times of drought or in areas with little rainfall or poor access to water which is the case in most poor countries.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 USDA website"studies point to environmental advantages for organic farming practices with respect to a)maintaining or building soil quality,b)lessening ground and surface water contamination,c)reducing greenhouse gas emissions,d)encouraging biodiversity,e)conserving water and energy resources, and f)recycling waste.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 Its not about pesticides its about soil quality which increases nutrients and causes higher yields especially during droughts. The USDA and UN do not sell organic food so they have no reason to scam us. Penn and Teller used the Hudson Institute which competes against organic, so they are biased and are clearly scamming us with the false coffee quote.

[cole3454657]

@myndy86 its not, trust me, it dosent make logical sense that its creates more crop yield, because, if your not using pesticides, bugs are getting at your crops and taking a portion of your crops, im just saying whatever anyone thinks organic foods are, is "healthier" and "better for you" when i dont see how pesticides remove nutrients, so obviously your studies were taken with biased samples. and the organic farmers are using outdated agriculture. and trying to line their pockets by scamming u

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 Also the AHA and several studies suggest coffee reduces the risk of certain cancers and several studies suggest certain pesticides increase the risk of certain diseases etc. I will find some studies for you on the subject.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 Several studies suggest several pesticides cause chronic toxicity which is caused by a lower weight. If for example large amounts of the pesticide cryolite are fed to rats at one time little or no harmful effects will be observed but if rats are fed small amounts of cryolite everyday in their feed they become ill and die.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 The coffee quote did not take into account that coffee has anti-carcinogens and anti-oxidants that counteract the carcinogens, such as chlorogenic acid, caffiec acid, stilberes, flavonoids,lignons,proanthocya­nidins,lignins,tocopherols,ben­zoic acid etc.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 Here is the quote from LoisGold in the journal Science "One cup of coffee contains 10 miligrams of known (natural) rodent carcinogens, about equivalent in weight to the potentially carcinogenic synthetic pesticide residues one eats in a year." It is not 1000x, it is not a known human carcinogen and it does not say how potent it is.

[myndy86]

@cole3454657 If you read the UNEP/UNCTAD report at unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted2007­­15_en.pdf You will see the report says organic produces higher yields in Africa than conventional farming and it is more cost effective. I am also not sure where you got the information that almost all organics are produced by one company. What company are you talking about because every organic farmer I know of is independant? I will watch the Penn and Teller Video and try to find the studies.