[John 3_19-21]

"Why does today’s “organic” foods look so, well, perfect?"

It's because of the commercial, industrialized "organic" food industry's total take over of what used to be micro-artisan farms.

In 1990 I was the Executive Chef of an 100% organic restaurant. The only state that "certified" organic produce at that time was California. IIRC it took an existing conventional farm 7 years of soil restoration to be certified organic.
20-plus years later, now California will "certify" your existing farm "organic" in less than three years.

Todays "organic" is not your Mom's organic.

[9YearLurker]

Yep. Here’s one article from the Washington Post on how the USDA described its primary responsibility as growing the ‘organic’ industry — corrupted the organic label:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203365.html?sid=ST2009070203371

[miss marmelstein]

Don’t tell me Alice Waters is writing here on a conservative forum!

Seriously, though, even with 7 years of soil restoration (how biblical), it wouldn’t explain how perfect the fruit and vegetables are. But you seem to be hinting and what I am saying: the organic industry is a fraud.