Is Organic food better than non-organic?

Here's a question that often gets asked: "Is organic food better?".
Non-organic food producers sometimes say there is no difference. However, common sense says that there should be. Surely eating food without chemicals, grown and harvested in a more natural manner is better. But is it?

The mineral content of organic food - Rutgers University USA

There have been many tests done over the years, ranging from the taste, pesticide levels, farm yields, nutritional content etc. But a famous test was carried out to see whether organic food had higher vitamin and mineral levels than non-organic foods. The answer was clearly YES. The table below shows the results of one of many studies carried out to answer this question. More explanation and analysis is shown below:

Before these studies and others were carried out, the idea that organic crops were nutritionally superior was widely accepted on faith alone by some, and ridiculed by others. People hoped passionately that the effects of organic cultivation were better for the earth, but they were unsure.

Common sense suggested that it was likely. After all, the soil maintained and created using organic farming methods was usually of better quality. Crops were rotated in a sensible way. The organic farmers were not relying on fertilizers to keep the soil in a growing condition. They were relying on sensible methods to ensure nutrients weren't stripped out of the soil, similar to what happens on many large-scale conventional non-organic farms.

The above study and many more non-biased ones, have shown that treating the soil well and growing crops using organic methods, usually produce crops with a higher nutritional content. In recent years this has been proven time and time again. In many cases, the food also tastes better. The food is often left to grow for longer using organic farming and it is usually allowed to ripen on the bush etc. rather than picked early and "rippened" en route to its final destination. All of these things mean the plant is more likely to grow healthier and absorb more minerals from the soil and create more nutritionally dense crops.

Some testing background

Researchers at Rutgers University in the USA, intrigued by the emphatic claim that "Organic is Better", decided to shop around for some answers. They went to a supermarket and purchased a selection of produce which they analysed for mineral content.

They then went to a health store and purchased the same products but ones grown organically and then carried out the same tests. The Rutgers' team expected the organic produce to be slightly superior in this comparison, but the results were incredible!

For example, notice the amount of iron in the organic tomatoes and spinach compared to the non-organic varieties. There is a huge difference. Many other essential trace elements are completely absent in the non-organic foods whereas they occur in abundance in the organic or wild-harvested varieties. Other studies came to the same clear conclusion.

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