tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1119438074318710068..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Organic Food No HealthierAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25327383956848530202009-08-01T01:08:26.395-04:002009-08-01T01:08:26.395-04:00AVI, I'm surprised at you. Organic food is fas...AVI, I'm surprised at you. Organic food is fashionable, au courant, and marks you as a member of the upper middle class (or, the A&H Tribe). It offers plenty of benefits.<br /><br />They're just not <i>health</i> benefits.<br /><br />(In fairness, "organic" can often be used as a proxy for "local", although this isn't as reliable as it used to be. Local produce is almost always fresher, and often farmers who sell into the local market can choose cultivars for flavor and texture rather than shelf-life. I'm not sure whether either of these things qualify as health benefits, per se, but they do make the food taste better. We get good California strawberries up here, but there is just no comparison to the local berries, and a lot of those are marked "organic" or "transitional".)<br /><br />(On the other hand, the tomatoes and herbs I grow myself do not qualify as "organic", because I use Osmocote as well as chicken manure in their pots. Hmm.)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74629565887398215772009-07-31T09:31:46.831-04:002009-07-31T09:31:46.831-04:00I thought people bought organic to avoid pesticide...I thought people bought organic to avoid pesticides, and pollutants being added to the soil, not because it was supposed to be more nutritious.<br /><br />I buy nothing organic....way too expensive. My blood is probably full of nice chemicals.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60350512779290244802009-07-31T08:41:01.874-04:002009-07-31T08:41:01.874-04:00that is the best piece of comment spam everthat is the best piece of comment spam everGraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14269291153696238562009-07-30T22:52:46.116-04:002009-07-30T22:52:46.116-04:00Science student can learn a lot from this news ite...Science student can learn a lot from this news item. Throughout your scientific career you will learn that any results that are produced can be slanted and biased one way or the other. This is why it is important to approach a science fair project objectively and without preconceived notions of what your results will be.Food Science Fair Projectshttp://www.super-science-fair-projects.comnoreply@blogger.com