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Why is organic expensive

Organic agriculture is quite different from modern mechanized agriculture . It is very human intensive , anybody growing organically can tell you that . I am sure there are lots of people here that get rid of garden pests by physically picking them out . Whereas conventional mechanized production would just go and spray the whole field with toxins irrespective of an infestation or not .
Conventional agriculture relies on a lot of chemical additives ( fertilizers ) to boost production , its like sports people getting testosterone to boost muscle development . Organic agriculture relies on compost , manure etc which is not as potent as chemical additives .
Crops are genetically engineered so that the production is much higher , of course no one wuite knows whether GE food id good for you .
There are quite a few other reasons but one of the most important reasons is that conventional agriculture has pushed organic food to the periphery . Supermarkets , groceries rely on conventional agriculture to deliver watermelons and cucumbers in the middle of winter , like everything else conventional agriculture is a safer bet for everybody to invest in , including governments that dole out huge subsidies to mechanised agriculture and the price of food has been driven 'down' very very unnaturally . Now this might raise a few hackles but the problem is not that organic food is too expensive , the problem is that the industrial mush that we are fed as food is much too cheap .Like everything about contemporary consumer society it inculcates bad habits and attitude towards food as well , we buy in bulk , we consume in bulk and then we throw in bulk . If we were to get good quality food at a higher price we would be more careful with how we consume .

Sorry about this very haphazard rant .

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OK a long time ago I said I would post a whole list of reasons why organics are better. Here is number one from a list I found on the website thefutureisorganic.net I will follow up later with more items from the list. Sorry these are not all in my own words but these people are smarter on the topic then me.

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1) Stop Eating Chemicals
Organic foods must, by law (WSDA) (USDA), be produced without use of pesticides and other synthetic chemicals such as those, which are easily detected on conventionally grown fruits, vegetables and grains. "Conventional produce" is the type available in most supermarket produce sections. While it cannot be said that organic produce is free of any pesticide residues (as, unfortunately, pesticide residues are ubiquitous in the environment), it can be said that pesticide residues are far less likely to be present on organically produced foods (for more on the pesticide residue issue.

Continued here: http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/tenreasons.htm

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