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Fair enough, but I've done the taste tests and gone on "let's go back to 'normal' food" stretches. The t-test on outcomes has a low p-value.

Now, do I think there are scams? You bet. Some of the "natural" stuff, upon inspection, is as bad as "normal" stuff. Your commentary isn't too surprising, Indeed, I've done my own research and even things with the ORGANIC label slapped on it may not be good.

There is also a virtue-signaling cult in shopping "organic" which, if I'm charitable, is part of our conflicted writer's thesis. It's hip to be gluten-free. But their values are a mess of knots: Lotsa these folks in the store are masked and vaxxed. And I have it on good authority, theses shoppers are some of the worst Karens around.

I don't need to be the healthiest person. I just need to run faster than my buddy.

The organic label goes on if the producer meets all the govt. regulation and protocols. To label some product organic when it is not and that is discovered at any time during the growing, packing and sales process brings with it hefty monetary consequences as well as losing ones license.

Nutritionally, there is no difference between conventional fruit and organic fruit. Just the method of growing and processing.

All one has to do if one is afraid of what is on the surface of the fruit is wash it. If it really bothers one, then dip it in a vinegar solution. Vinegar kill most pathogens.

But understand, this stuff is highly monitored. It doesn't get produced in a vacuum with no government oversight at multiple levels.