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I personally don't think organic is worth it because it depends on the environment and how it is produced. What good are grass fed or Pasteur raised animals when the feed is not good quality. Some countries have very good natural soil which gives them very good produce and the animals raised at those places are much better quality.
For example, chicken is much better just about any country than the US. I've had chicken in Europe and in Asia. The flavor is much more potent than chicken here organic or not doesn't matter.
Beef is another thing, even a good ribeye. US beef just doesn't match up with even Australian beef in flavor.
Organic or not doesn't make that huge a difference compared to certain regional produced foods.
Organic Fuji Apple produced here will never be better than Fuji Apple grown in Japan.
Reality check: Most of the organic food found in grocery stores today is the product of huge industrial farms--and they're ran the same way as all industrial farms. All of the bogus advertising, marketing and hype is designed to make you believe that organic foods come from small family farms. It's not true at all, unless you're going to the farm and buying straight from the farmer.
Try to read harder before going on a condesceding rant.
My point was that it is not the fact that a food is organic that makes it taste good, but how it gets from the field to the table.
If you get your food from industrial farms 1,000+ miles away, it is going to be inferior regardless of how it is grown.
The vast majority of organic food I eat happens to come from farms in my county or adjacent counties. It is fresh, it tastes good. I also buy conventionally grown produce from local farms. I don't discriminate, it tastes just as good.
But local produce is easier to get where I live in New York than where I live in New Mexico. However, right now is green chile season where I am. I am stocking up on organic chile from Lemitar, about an hour drive away. Picked yesterday, roasted this morning.
Tomatoes. I grew my own for years. Then we moved. I've had no luck growing them where we live now. Store bought tomatoes are awful. I don't know if store bought organic would really be better.
I don't know if it's the fact that it's organic or just the stores that sell them, but the organic foods I've been buying from Whole Foods seem to, for the most part, taste better than the non-organic products I've gotten from other stores. Chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, lemons, etc.
I don't know if it's the fact that it's organic or just the stores that sell them, but the organic foods I've been buying from Whole Foods seem to, for the most part, taste better than the non-organic products I've gotten from other stores. Chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, lemons, etc.
I've pointed out, it isn't because they are organic. It's because they are produced with high quality soils than most non-organic lower grade soils. You're just getting a better product doesn't necessarily mean organic is better than non-organic. People need to know the difference.
If I grow 2 sets of crops. One with non-organic feeds including pesticides. Another with just organic feeds and using natural pest deterrence. The main difference will be the non-organic produce will be bigger and more resistant to pests and mold. The organic crop will be smaller but more prone to bugs. As for taste, you may taste that organic stuff just taste more flavorful than the non-organic stuff but the difference is subtle.
All I'm saying it organic stuff is simply produced with higher care so it's a better product but doesn't mean there is a real big difference overall.
There are higher quality non-organic vegetables that can beat any organic ones but why would someone pay for non-organic high quality tomatoes? "Organic" has become a new way for farmers to sell more premium stuff but doesn't mean organic is higher quality.
The only real difference would be found in milk, meats, and animal products than plant products.
I’ve started eating organic/wild-caught/grass-fed (when I cook at home or when having a choice at the restaurant) produces/fishes/meats when I found out I was pregnant, and continued to do so. I can definitely tell the difference, especially fruits like apples, berries, nectarines, even bananas. Organic chicken and grass-fed beef are definitely more tasty.
Do not really notice a difference.........the foods I eat appeal to me, organic or not.
Alot of stuff YES it does taste better
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