Re: Billy - organic vs non-organic info needed

 



For the most part, I have been reflecting what I've read from Michal
Pollans two books

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid38974366&sr=1-1

and most recently Dr. Joe Schwarcz from articles that he sent to us.
If you didn't read those here, email me at wildbilly37@yahoo.com and
I'll send them to you. Dr. Joe isn't a supporter of organic farming
because (he claims) that it can't feed our over populated world (and
soon no type of farming will be able to). But that is another story that
explores crop rotation, cover crops, eating seasonal produce, closing
CAFOs, U.S. Farm Subsidy Programs, and not using crop land to grow
ethanol.

I "googled": nutritional comparison of fruits and vegetables, organic
and non-organic; and this, in part, is what I got.

http://www.ioia.net/images/pdf/orgvalue.pdf

http://www.ota.com/organic/benefits/nutrition.html

http://www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnra4_100

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/susagri/susagri018.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11327522

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/86972.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_food#cite_note-53

http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article 49&context=uc
labiolchem/nutritionnoteworthy

Good reading.
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- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death."  - Rachel Carson



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