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I'm an absolute believer in the benefits of sustainable farming and also the nutritional benefits of organic vs. non-organic food. I think a lot of the problems that we have with diseases today can be attributed to the garbage that's fed to us by the multi-national food companies.


3 posted on 07/27/2006 8:03:43 AM PDT by homeschool_dad
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'I'm an absolute believer in the benefits of sustainable farming and also the nutritional benefits of organic vs. non-organic food. I think a lot of the problems that we have with diseases today can be attributed to the garbage that's fed to us by the multi-national food companies.'

I agree...it is not so much the nutritional components of organically grown food...it is the natural component. No hormones in cows to get more milk, no insecticides, no chemicals to push those chickens out full grown in 8 wks...etc.


4 posted on 07/27/2006 8:13:12 AM PDT by Dudoight
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attributed to the garbage that's fed to us

One thing I use in debate on diet is that if you walk into a supermarket and have 100 FOOD coupons at the checkout,you have a bad diet...once and awhile I'll have one for a buy one whole chicken get one free,but never for 10 frozen pizzas for 5 bucks.

6 posted on 07/27/2006 8:45:02 AM PDT by Minnesoootan
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I'm sorry but until all (or even any one) of the Organic Farming Associations can say something better than "Organically grown foods are AS HEALTHY and AS NUTRITIOUS as foods grown using more modern methods of agriculture" I have to wonder if the "benefits" justify the added burdon placed on the environment in the form of deforestation, erosion, etc.

To quote the article: "Unfortunately for the organic customers, no consistent, significant nutritional advantages have EVER (emphasis added) been documented in organic food, during the more than 75 years since a German racial purist named Rudoph Steiner first dreamed up the organic concept in the 1920s."


8 posted on 07/27/2006 9:35:00 AM PDT by gtwizard
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