"Plus, much of organic food theory is total pseudoscientific bunk." There tends to be more than one angle on organic food 1. It's more nutritious than non-org

"Plus, much of organic food theory is total pseudoscientific bunk." There tends to be more than one angle on organic food 1. It's more nutritious than non-organic cultivation 2. It's more flavourful 3. It's less damaging to the environment I can't speak for the veracity of reasons 2 or 3 (although, anecdotally, supermarket organic produce seems just as bland and tasteless than the non-organic variety), but reason 1 was challenged some years ago (2008) by an independent study. The study was commissioned by the UK's Food Standards Agency. An overview: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120206100416/http://food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2009/jul/organic http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120206100416/htt... The final report: Systematic review of differences in nutrient content of organically and conventionally produced food http://tna.europarchive.org/20100929190231/http://www.food.gov.uk/science/research/choiceandstandardsresearch/consumerchoicestandards/l01list/organicreview/ http://tna.europarchive.org/20100929190231/http://www.food.g...