Comments on: Organic Food

By: green agnosticism

green agnosticism — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:28:06 +0000

“Also, organic foods lack of preservatives means it has to be grown locally to where it is sold. You don’t get imported organic Vietnamese bananas.”

so… regular bananas have preservatives injected into them? LOL

with lower productivity and their associated costs, organic foods require LARGER amounts of resources per food item, not less.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:47:12 +0000

I’m pretty sure most organic foods don’t claim they do taste better. Organic meat is generally about keeping animals in a better condition (as they don’t need all the extra’s required to keep them alive via factory farming) and organic vegetables are as mention above, better for the environment/maybe better for your health as they don’t contain pesticides. I wouldn’t feel bad that you can’t tell the difference, unless you get them out of someones back yard they generally do taste the same as all the non-organic foods.

By: Tim Ellis

Tim Ellis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:45:43 +0000

I prefer orgasmic food

By: Zoe Rose

Zoe Rose — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:07:09 +0000

Oh yes, I know about the Ribena thing! Well done those kids. And now, onto the ‘YOU WHAT’ question raised by your comment:

What do you mean you BUY the Guardian for one article? Goodness me, what’s wrong with you? Have I taught you nothing?

All the bad science articles are cached here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/badscience

Goldacre’s extensive home & forums are here: http://www.badscience.net

…and he’s on twitter here: @bengoldacre

So let’s hear no more about this ‘paying for content’ rubbish, OK?

Frankly I’m ashamed of you. Also you didn’t say if you’ve actually READ the book, which makes me think you haven’t, so do.

Also I have not smoked a cigarette today. Apparently this makes some people stroppy.

By: nickjohnson

nickjohnson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:10:30 +0000

I’m big fan of Ben Goldacre. I even make the effort to buy The Guardian to find it. (which is very hard for someone as cynical as me to do)

I also perform a show about scams in science for high schools called The Bad Science Show.

http://www.thebadscienceshow.com

You might also like to google “Ribena” “Vitamin C” and “New Zealand”.

By: Zoe Rose

Zoe Rose — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:48:35 +0000

pft! Yeah well done goodfinger. You can’t grow bananas anywhere near England, and we sure as GM sugar get organic bananas here. And don’t tell me to eat only local food when for four months of the year that’s cabbage and swedes. Eat them yourself.

Nick, I would love to see you do a Full Diatribe on food & food labelling. Recently spotted by moi -

Tesco, ‘Light & Healthy chicken’. Battery raised, but they took the skins off the breast. Way pricier than identical ’skinless chicken breast’.

‘Milk with Vitamin D’. Contains one teensy fraction of RDI, less than you’d get from a minute standing in a weak sun (even in winter).

‘Anything with antioxidants’. First trial of antioxidants in the 80s on people at high risk of lung cancer was stopped for ethical reasons because the people taking the supplements KEPT DYING.

Actually forget this I have work to do. If you have not read the book ‘bad science’ by Ben Goldacre then you must, immediately.

By: GoodFinger

GoodFinger — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:40:50 +0000

You are forgetting that organic food has other benefits aside from health. The poisons used on farms affect the health of farmers and the nearby eco-system.

Also, organic foods lack of preservatives means it has to be grown locally to where it is sold. You don’t get imported organic Vietnamese bananas. So organic food helps the local economy.