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There are a motif reasons for the better taste. Often organic produce doesn't get shipped as far, which means growers can pick varieties bread for something ot
by easp 17y ago
There are a motif reasons for the better taste. Often organic produce doesn't get shipped as far, which means growers can pick varieties bread for something other than shelf-life and durability.
Also, organic farmers manage the soil differently. Intensive industrial farming depletes soils and relies on extensive use of refined fertilizers to make up forthe deficit. The soil at organic farms is often richer and plants can pick up more minerals, which can have a real impact on flavor.
- rjurney 17y agoActually, some organic products get shipped further - when there is no local production. Milk is a good example of this. Organic milk is literally inferior to plain milk - it is pasteurized at higher temperatures, has lower levels of Vitamin D as a result, because it has to last longer during shipping in a larger distribution network.
- jamroom 17y agoOrganic milk has other ancillary benefits you won't find in "plain" milk: The land and animals are treated much better. If you have ever seen a "normal" dairy farm, and watch the amount of antibiotics used to prevent the cow's udders from become infected, it becomes clear that life (for a cow at least) on a organic dairy farm is much a much nicer existence (and thus one I personally want to encourage). Also - the grains that are fed to organic dairy cows must be organic, which means more acres of organic grain production. Many organic dairy farms also do not milk cows that are in the later stages of pregnancy, which reduces the amount of estrogen in the milk fat (high levels of estrogen in the diet are linked to cancer).
- rjurney 17y agoAnd all of that is less important from a health perspective than a reduction in Vitamin D. Its a net loss.
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- ikkiv 17y agoSo why not use other foods to compensate for the Vitamin D loss? A single serving of tuna naturally contains double(5 microgram) the amount of vitamin D present in a glass of fortified milk(2.5 microgram for fortified, 1microgram for non-fortified).
- rjurney 17y agoWhy would I want to lower the quality of one food and replace it with another? I was on the organic milk bandwagon, but its simply inferior.
- jamroom 17y agoThe Organic milk I buy is both Vitamin A and D fortified, so that's real not an issue.
- rjurney 17y agoThey add chemicals, and you think thats an improvement?
- biohacker42 17y agoOrganic milk is literally inferior to plain milk I'm not sure about that when you factor in that in the US (and Canada?) antibiotics and recombinant bovine growth hormone are commonly given to cattle. The side effects of rGBH include puss in the milk.
- rjurney 17y agoAnd yet we actually have incredibly clean, great milk without any significant levels of these things.