Organic Food vs. Conventional Food : Identifying Organic Foods

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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.
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does organic really ... ( 9 months ago by froget86)

does organic really helps you? is it woth it to pay 3 times more? I live in Canada and have to watch what I eat all the time. I went for the summer to Spain, I have never eaten so much in my life and I actually lost weight... I'm wondering if organic foods have something to do with that

thats just awesome, ... ( 9 months ago by froget86)

thats just awesome, comparing a farmer with a stock broker or lawyer... lol the stress levels must be the same

It was a while ago ... ( 5 months ago by Aspenly)

It was a while ago when you posted this, so sorry if it's not an issue anymore, but I urge you to do a lot of research before going organic and only then decide if it is for you or not. I also urge you to do research on both sides of the subject.
After months of research I decided that I would never buy organic. The health benifits are very small (if at all), and it can even be dangerous. Lots of organic food often tests alarmingly high for E. Coli.

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Folks like this ... ( 4 months ago by havaianuu)

Folks like this lady are well meaning, but still are just a mouthpiece for the chemical companies. While claiming that organic food has "no pesticide residue", studies have shown that 30% of organic produce have traces of at least one pesticide and 40% have at least traces of 2 pesticides. Organic should only be considered in permaculture context. By USDA standards, which are mandated by congress in riders to other bills ....

...and in just one ... ( 4 months ago by havaianuu)

...and in just one single action, allowed 38 synthetic products to be used and their products still be considered organic. From wikipedia... "In December 2005, the 2006 agricultural appropriations bill was passed with a rider allowing 38 synthetic ingredients to be used in organic foods. Among the ingredients are food colorings, starches, sausage and hot-dog casings, hops, fish oil, chipotle chili pepper, and gelatin.

This allowed ... ( 4 months ago by havaianuu)

This allowed Anheuser-Busch in 2007 to have its Wild Hop Lager certified organic "even though [it] uses hops grown with chemical fertilizers and sprayed with pesticides... Permaculture yes ...oragnic.....what???? Food grown with synthetic products disguised as oraganic. Does anyone know that...Tolazoline, Xylazine, Methioni, Buthorphanol, Flunxin....synthetics materials are allowed to be used in organic food production. This lady is doing the bidding for Monsanto, as long as they get people

to believe that ... ( 4 months ago by havaianuu)

to believe that organic is better and all the while getting their synthetics aproved as organic...Lord have mercy of the small and real organic farmer, it will be competing with the super giants and their chemical arsenal...now relabeled as...organic...buy local...support you local permaculture farmer and cast the organic farmers all in the same hip, because even those will be buying synthetic products to grow their organic garden, just that those synthetics are now relabeled organic....

@havaianuu you make ... ( 4 months ago by canascot02)

@havaianuu you make no sense what so ever. organic means without the use of synthetic chemicals. "buying sythetic products to grow their own organic gardens" is an oxymoron.... totally contradicting

@canascot02 if you ... ( 4 months ago by dimeagram)

@canascot02 if you had bothered to read.." that as long as synthetics are ok'ed as "organic" by politicians and not scientists, all the big chem companies have to do is get their products labeled as "organic" and when one needs a product to deal with an insect, for example, will go buy an "organic" product, that may be synthetic in nature, but with the congress's blessing is now "organic".

@dimeagram well in ... ( 4 months ago by canascot02)

@dimeagram well in case you havn't noticed, I'm Canadian, and here in Canada, the same does not apply as our governement doesn't approve of it. That's why USDA is one of the worst to go by.

@havaianuu actually ... ( 3 months ago by BradLauber)

@havaianuu actually this action helped the organic farmer b/c now there are more crop protection products they can use to fertilize and controll pests. You r a purist naturalist that i bet doesn't use toillet paper because it is "manufactured" my man... therefore not "pure" enough for your whole, natural,butthole. Do you live in a house? well if you do you better move out of that "Synthetic reproduction of nature" and sleep on the street. dumbass

@BradLauber Good ... ( 3 months ago by havaianuu)

@BradLauber Good morning...nice to wake up to being called a dumbass. I use synthetic ferts on my ag, It's a matter of truth vs BS... Organic is being sold by both sides on what is not... a natural product, since it is a political decision and not a scientific one. Following your logic that there are "more crop protection products they can use to fertilize and control pests"....heck, let's label the rest of them synthetics organic,and now we have ALL products available..... the joke is on you

@havaianuu the ... ( 3 months ago by BradLauber)

@havaianuu the bottom line is your purist view of organics is not sustainable. If it were sustainable and truly a better way to farm the entire world of farmers would do it that way. but being an organic, conventional and GM farmer i can tell you from first hand experience that organics are rich in insect pathogens (cancer causers) b/c insects bite into the plant tissue and feed and shit into the tissues transfering airborne and insect carried diseises into the food supply

@havaianuu we all ... ( 3 months ago by BradLauber)

@havaianuu we all should choose for ourself what to eat. there is nothing wrong with organic- it is a choice b/t eating pesticides or insect pathogens or GMO's. Just b/c you choose organic and think it is better does not mean that everyone will choose the same for their families and loved ones. The fact that we live longer since the advent of modern crop sciences points to the fact that insect pathogens are as harmfull or more harmfull as pesticides or GMO's to humans

@BradLauber sorry ... ( 3 months ago by havaianuu)

@BradLauber sorry to tell you...wrong again. I just believe that if you go organic, go permaculture. I strongly advocate advocate scientific analizes of BOTH synthetic and organic products, for I believe that BOTH have a role to play, let's just get the hype out of the way and really see which cause the least damage. Organic is being sold as "safe" which couldn't be further from the truth. I refrain from using what I call "suicides" all products that end on "icide", organic or not

@havaianuu you ... ( 3 months ago by BradLauber)

@havaianuu you abandoned "icides" yet your are so full of "ists" and "isms". you are pretty much a walking contradiction. I,m curious what experience do you have in agriculture... ever worked on a farm or grown crops... a grade school field trip to a farm does not count either. I only ask b/c you talk like you are clueless to what has taken place in ag ove the last 20 yrs

Organic food hasn't ... ( 3 months ago by meatisdeliciouse)

Organic food hasn't got the flavour or quality than mainstream food offers. I went to an organic college and the food was stale mushy, the vegetables were pitted in dry craters. the salad was stale and dry, the crops looked tired and the food allays went off to quickly. When I was on this ridicules diet I suffered 5 or 6 colds one flue countless headaches and a kidney stone, prior to that I rarely got ill. The food standards agency has declared organic no healthier nutritionally or chemically.

@BradLauber you are ... ( 3 months ago by meatisdeliciouse)

@BradLauber you are right, I have eaten mainstream food my entire life and it has not done me any harm, they just decided that organic food does not offer and health benefits. I was actually less healthy when I was forced to go green. Organic food has less flavour and is poorer quality, yet many times the price at times, I saw rice witch was nearly 6 times the price of normal rice.

@meatisdeliciouse ... ( 3 months ago by BradLauber)

@meatisdeliciouse Insect pathogens are a the #1 concern with organics- as you mentioned the produce is full of holes and full of bug bites and bug shit. I have always said... it is a choice b/t eating insect pathogens or pesticides or GMO's- we all chose for oursrelfs but i agree with you.. i choose human innovation and technology over bug shit filled produce and 50 yr old practices-

A study published ... ( 16 hours ago by 357935x)

A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences demonstrates the toxicity of 3 genetically modified corn varieties sold by Monsanto [December 11, 2009]. You can google that.
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You all know that what I am saying is true: that the study above is only the beginning. The history of science is overflowing with "fatal mistakes". Don't let genetic engineering be one of them (at least not in your family). Say NO to Monsanto - NO to GMO's. Be smart.

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