re: Why do You Need Organic Food?

Get Healthy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:00:02 GMT

There is definitely more up-to-date research needed.

I am sure we will see more organically and environmentally friendly pesticides

invented in the near future. Solution that repel rather than kill are ALWAYS

better.

The future of organic farming will become a very, very interesting!

I can't wait :-)

re: Why do You Need Organic Food?

Free Radical — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:58:32 GMT

Being an ex organic food grower (homestead scale) and currently still a wholistic natural health researcher, I have to challenge the relevance of the presence of exogenous synthetic pesticide residues, against the concentrations of endogenous pesticides produced by plants themselves when not adequately protected from predators (and in turn bacteria, viruses and fungi introduced into plants by these). Perhaps a wake-up call to fans of organic produce and a healthy degree of balance to this topic might be found here: www.gaiaresearch.co.za/organics.html

Do yourself a favour and consider the likely thousandfold risk from organic as opposed to conventional vegetables.

Regards

Stuart Thomson