Comments on: Is Organic Food Really Better For The Environment?

By: candie

candie — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:12:15 +0000

ZOrganic farms has both negetive and positive A-Z(not really).
Organic Negetives to my beliefs:
It is food from the wild and cost alot of money
Food that is produce will rot in a few days
It pestiside safety is not assure that all pest are dead
Organic Positive to my beliefs:
Its heathy youh know if its fresh or not when it rots.
It does things in a environmentAL FRIENDLY WAY

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By: Foodie

Foodie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:16:37 +0000

What about the carbon footprint that organic foods produce? If we want bluberries during December, we are going to pay to get those transported to us which costs a lot of MONEY and FUEL!

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By: xcRunner

xcRunner — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:05:38 +0000

organic farming also makes the soil more acidic and unusable for a long period of time and requires almost twice the amount of land as conventional farming therefore destroying more habitats.
is it healthier for you? doubtful. dont be lazy, wash your fruits and veggies, the trace amounts of pesticides arent enough to kill you.

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:45:34 +0000

Being a farmer, I have to disagree with the majority of what is said here. The world is becoming vastly urbanized and losing it’s sense of where it’s food comes from. The USDA now regulates pesticide use so heavily that what’s used is easily decomposed back into the soil as harmless minerals. As for the pesticides being leeched (what’s left of them anyways) is due to a mistake on over application during irrigation. This is true for organics and non-organics alike.

Here is an example. A farmer may have a 100 lb/N requirement for his field so he uses manure to meet that. (1 ton of manure/10 lbs of N, I think anyways, it’s been a while since I’ve done a soil fertility class.) What he also does is heavily over-apply his phosphorous, Zn, and everything else that comes from manure that will now leech during the next rainfall/irrigation. This leeched water finds itself in streams and lakes and essentially kills everything by extracting the Oxygen. This is called Eutrophication. (Happens a lot on feed lots)

Also, if I were to take a bowl of mashed potatoes, one being organic, one being conventional, (which I’ve done) You’d get exactly a 50/50 ratio on a blind taste test. There have also been numerous studies that show that the differences of health on conventional vs. organic crops is so small you can safely say there is none.

Plus, we’ve recently become so adept at making fertilizers we can add exactly what we want into a soil, where unless you deliberately over apply, you have little chances of leeching, run-off, etc. Organics don’t have this luxury, so they usually over-apply from application of organic residue, or they erode the soil beyond repair until it is no longer farmable.

Essentially, in my eyes and from what I’ve learned, organics is a life-style choice. There’s nothing wrong with that, but as I’ve noted from this woman’s experiences, she’s decided to eat organic. So, here are my experiences for saying that there’s nothing wrong with conventional crops.

By: Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:06:08 +0000

This is true, and if you incorporate genetic modified/engineered crops, you can yield even more, but at what cost?
CO2 emissions aren’t really a good indicator of how ‘green’ a farming operation is since you are probably not including the amount of pesticides, synthetic fertilizer and loss to mono-crop disease and infestations. It can also depend on the labor practices of the farm, whether (and how much) farm equipment and machinery is involved in the process.
There really is no ‘right’ answer, just choices. Personally I am more worried about synthetic chemicals and toxins in my food than a bit more CO2 which can be offset by utilizing alternative renewable energy.