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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
That thread with Mel typing in caps SCAM does little to convince any serious sceptic for or against organic food of anything. It's a bunch of people largely agreeing with one another. As some people are aware, the food industry is a haven of quackery and pseudoscience, both for and against organic food, and a multitude of other things. The thread in question has almost no actual scientific discussion besides one side claiming one thing and the other another. The little it does states there needs to be more research conducted. For instance, as the Scientific Creative Quarterly has said, preliminary studies have shown that organic farming is better at sustaining wildlife and saving energy, however, more and better research needs to be done. I think we can all agree on that.
Besides the health benefits, or lack thereof, of organic food, there are side benefits. The "buy local" attitude usually attached to it, the raising of societal awareness of where the food supply comes from and how it's made. A personal attachment to our food supply is something we've lost in the modern era.
There is a lot of junk spewed forth from the mouths of organic afficionados, and there is a lot spewed forth from the mouths of organic detractors, too. Across the board great over simplifications are made.
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In my experience very little of that actually occurs. People aren't buying local, they're buying products shipped in the same manner with organic slapped on the outside. There's a lot of ignorance and assumptions with organics, people just place their own definition onto it.
Sorry for the continued derailing. There is a bit of a tie I guess though, seeing as science hasn't really demonstrated a benefit to organics but many people will swear that one exists. Sort of a belief in something that hasn't been proven, which I guess is a bit of a parallel to religion. The difference of course is that this is something that should be capable of being proven (or not) with further research.