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Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?

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Kurzgesagt explores the scientific evidence regarding the health benefits, pesticide levels, and environmental impact of organic versus conventional food.

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Why it's here

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What people say. Recommended for its balanced, science-based overview of the differences between organic and conventional farming.

jedimastertin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Glyphosate in Organic Hydroponic Food Production”

…htly less, but still non-zero traces of, and not necessarily safer3) That being said, there really shouldn't be a worry about traces of "chemicals" on organic OR non-organic produce, as the FDA has very strict guide lines and testing procedures that produce sellers go through4 before sending out produce that almost everyone is well under. 0: link to this video 1: link 2: link 3: link 4: link…

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On “Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products”

Organic food actually doesn't have significantly less pesticides in them. Here is a good video about it: link to this video

mlindnerin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Costco opening a $440M chicken farm to escape America's chicken monopoly”

Organic food is negligibly different from non-organic food and is generally worse for the environment because of the additional resources required for it. link to this video

hypertele-Xiiin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Green gold: Avocado farming on the rise in Africa”

The research is mixed and inconclusive. A 2019 meta-analysis by Kurzgesagt 1 claims that organic food is slightly more nutritious with increased levels of antioxidants. 1 link to this video In my personal experience, I can taste the frigging poison in non-organic produce, and processed food just makes me more hungry.

neuralkoiin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Chemical Hygiene”

…cial security. There's simply too many variables. Your average joe who can't use "Locale" to source their food. (An interesting experiment is to grab the text body of this blog post and ask AI to estimate the author's net worth and yearly salary.) “A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” -- John A Shedd 0 link 1 link to this video 2 link 3 link…