Originally Posted by
squeeler
A lot of this thread has turned into an admirable tirade against the original ironic (I hope) OP's premise. However, please do not peddle the myth that organic is anything but a marketing con. If you want to eat food from field where fertiliser is animal sh*t, where food animals are untreated when they are ill, and where the health standards are much lower (e.g. milk) then go ahead. But do not try telling people that organic is better. Sorry.
organic has nothing to do with the quality of the food. it is simply a measure of the manner in which that food was grown or raised. the three horribles listed actually apply to non-organic food (actually more so, particularly the health standards).