The subject of the nutritional value of organic food was worked over on this
list a couple of years ago. The consensus was that there are simply too many
factors to make a reasonable comparison between "conventional" and organic,
and that the research was, at best, inconclusive. But recently the infamous
"Firman Bear/Rutgers" research has hit some of the list serves and even saw
publication in a respected newsletter as evidence of increased nutritional
value with organic production. The newsletter later retracted the statement.
With the intent of editorializing in our newsletter on the subject, taking
the position that there are plenty of good reasons to buy/produce with
organic methods that do not include nutritional value and in recognition of
the difficulty of separating all of the soil/environmental/agri-cultural and
other factors contributing to nutritional value of food, I want to make sure
that I am up to date. Does anyone here know of any recent credible studies
(or older ones that have surfaced) that pertain to this topic?
Jim and Jo
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