Organic food, Good for you or bad? ( Science Project)

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[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 GM USES TOO MUCH LAND!! Gm requires both refuges and buffer zones and organic does not. The UN report says GM yields are sometimes higher and sometimes lower. GM uses more space than conventional with the same yields and organic can yield higher than conventional. Farming Systems Trial at Rodale Institute. In 1999 during one of the worst droughts on record, yields of organic soybeans were 30 bushels/acre compared to only 16 bushels/acre from conventionally grown soybeans.

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 UNEP-UNCTAD report "Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa ", the study demonstrates that organic agriculture can be equal or better for food security than most conventional systems and is more likely to be sustainable in the longer term, as it builds up levels of natural, human, social, financial and physical capital in farming communities. It also favours the use of low carbon footprint production methods and local resources.

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 Synthetic pesticides are NOT generally safer. Half of both natural and synthetic pesticides are carcinogens and there is an equally long list of health problems for both. However, organic food generally has significantly less pesticide residue because organic uses less pesticides(and in most cases no pesticides) and more biological pest control like crop rotation, crop cover, predatory insects etc. than conventional.

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 "A short review of such experiments shows that the majority of these tests revealed effects of the organically produced feed on health parameters such as reproductive performance and immune responses."" The science-based results suggest positive influences from organic feeds" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/203550 ­28 "Ecological food is tastier and contains more essential amino-acids, vitamin C, and micro-nutriments than usual food" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/166101­89

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 "For individual nutrients, existing studies show that organic fertilization practices produce crops with higher levels of ascorbic acid, lower levels of nitrate, and improved protein quality compared with conventionally grown crops.""Animal studies showed better growth and reproduction in animals fed organically grown feed compared with those fed conventionally grown feed." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/943902­1

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition study review of organic vs conventional diet in animals. Weight gain was greater in organically fed rats,mortality was lower at 9 weeks,incidence of degenerative diseases was lower. Lower mortality in organically fed rabbits. 2nd and 3rd generation rabbits from organically fed parents exhibited higher birth rates and more viable embryos. Infectious illnesses were less frequent in 2nd generation organically fed animals.

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 USDA website "on average organic foods contain slightly higher levels of trace minerals,vitamin c and antioxidant phytonutrients than conventionally grown crops." "Organic meat products have been shown to reduce risk for potential prion-related diseases including mad cow disease and to arsenic residues in chicken meat, and organic livestock practices do not contribute to the growing phenomenon of drug resistant pathogens." nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/faq/Bu­yOrganicFoodsB.shtml

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 "Cows mainly fed with hay generate less than 1 % of the E. coli found in the faeces of grain-fed animals.""It can be concluded that organic farming potentially reduces the risk of E. coli infection." fao.org/docrep/meeting/X4983e.­htm#c2 "E. coli prevalence in certified organic produce was 4.3%, a level not statistically different from that in conventional samples. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/151512­24

[myndy86]

@BioRage1920 "Salmonella was lower in certified-organic birds than in conventionally raised birds, and the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella was also higher in conventionally raised birds than in certified-organic birds." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/206179­37 "There was no significant difference in the prevalence of Salmonella spp between conventional and organic farms ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/153443­65

[OmgYouAreEmo]

LMAO LMAO HOLY MACEROLE THAT IS FUNNNY ! i think i will eat organicaly