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> First the end product is pretty much identical nutrition-wise. In my own experience, organic fruits and vegetables at least taste much better. > Second, org
by spraak 8y ago
> First the end product is pretty much identical nutrition-wise.
In my own experience, organic fruits and vegetables at least taste much better.
> Second, organic produce requires more land, so it's unclear whether that scales to feed all people.
This isn't strictly true. In practice it has been, but it's not inherent to organic production in general but rather how it's been carried out so far. The agricultural system Permaculture addresses this directly and can yield on par with conventional farming.
> And third, many "organic" pesticides are not shown to be better for the environment than the non-organic alternatives.
This too isn't a strict requirement in organic farming, but I guess I'm arguing semantics here. To be more clear, non-conventional farming doesn't require pesticides.
- lmm 8y ago> In my own experience, organic fruits and vegetables at least taste much better. Have you done blind taste testing? We already know that e.g. more expensive things taste better.
- dagw 8y agoI suspect the correlation runs the other way. Farmers willing to go through the efforts of producing higher quality produce are more likely to also go through the steps to get that produce certified organic. Not because it improves the quality per se, but because it lets them charge more.
- stdbrouw 8y agoComparing best case scenario organic farming as it might be done in the future with worst case scenario conventional farming methods is not particularly fair.
- spraak 8y agoYou're right, I wasn't clear. There are already farms producing food using permaculture systems, but I meant rather that it's not the majority of what you hear about for what is organic.