Organic food is rich people spending their extra cash to feel good. While that is just as valid as spending it on holidays, we should resist any implied moral superiority
Everywhere we are urged to go organic: we are told it is more nutritious, it improves animal welfare and helps the environment. In reality, that is mostly marketing hype, say Bjorn Lomborg. (1)
In 2012 Stanford University's Center for Health Policy did the biggest comparison of organic and conventional foods and concluded that the published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. (2)
