Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hi All, I've been having discussions with my husband regarding organically grown foods vs. conventially grown foods. I tell him that organically grown foods (are supposed to) have no pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, hormones, etc. And they're also supposed to have a higher vitamin/mineral content due to better farming/soil practices. He doesn't believe that, so I need some " ammunition " ! Has anybody done a laboratory analysis on the vitamin/mineral content of organic vs. " regular " fruits & vegetables? I'd love to find a website that shows the differences. Thanks, Nicki Rosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I haven’t done any lab analysis, but tell him if you just think about it, it’s so obvious – the soils are so depleted of nutrients, because the farmers just kill, kill, kill everything. I bet you wouldn’t even find earthworms living in the soils, it’s so dead. Years ago, farmers would let one of their fields lie fallow for a season to help renew itself. Now they plant a field twice a year. Chemical farmers use chemical fertilizers, chemical insecticides, and synthetic herbicides. How can that be good for you – everything in the soil eventually ends up in the plant that eventually ends up in you. If there’s no nutrients in the soil, there won’t be any in the produce, and there won’t be any in you. Organic farmers use natural fertilizer, insect traps, crop rotation, hand weeding. Organic is better for the environment. Organic tastes better. Carol -----Original Message----- nicki (AT) totalmath (DOT) net [nicki (AT) totalmath (DOT) net] Hi All, I've been having discussions with my husband regarding organically grown foods vs. conventially grown foods. I tell him that organically grown foods (are supposed to) have no pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, hormones, etc. And they're also supposed to have a higher vitamin/mineral content due to better farming/soil practices. He doesn't believe that, so I need some " ammunition " ! Has anybody done a laboratory analysis on the vitamin/mineral content of organic vs. " regular " fruits & vegetables? I'd love to find a website that shows the differences. Thanks, Nicki Rosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Check out http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/john.rose/orglab.html - Carol Minnick Tuesday, February 24, 2004 12:31 PM RE: organically grown foods I haven’t done any lab analysis, but tell him if you just think about it, it’s so obvious – the soils are so depleted of nutrients, because the farmers just kill, kill, kill everything. I bet you wouldn’t even find earthworms living in the soils, it’s so dead. Years ago, farmers would let one of their fields lie fallow for a season to help renew itself. Now they plant a field twice a year. Chemical farmers use chemical fertilizers, chemical insecticides, and synthetic herbicides. How can that be good for you – everything in the soil eventually ends up in the plant that eventually ends up in you. If there’s no nutrients in the soil, there won’t be any in the produce, and there won’t be any in you. Organic farmers use natural fertilizer, insect traps, crop rotation, hand weeding. Organic is better for the environment. Organic tastes better. Carol nicki (AT) totalmath (DOT) net [nicki (AT) totalmath (DOT) net] Hi All,I've been having discussions with my husband regarding organically grown foodsvs. conventially grown foods. I tell him that organically grown foods (aresupposed to) have no pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, hormones, etc. Andthey're also supposed to have a higher vitamin/mineral content due to betterfarming/soil practices. He doesn't believe that, so I need some "ammunition"!Has anybody done a laboratory analysis on the vitamin/mineral content oforganic vs. "regular" fruits & vegetables? I'd love to find a website thatshows the differences.Thanks,Nicki Rosa «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§ - PULSE ON WORLD HEALTH CONSPIRACIES! §Subscribe:......... - To :.... - Any information here in is for educational purpose only, it may be news related, purely speculation or someone's opinion. Always consult with a qualified health practitioner before deciding on any course of treatment, especially for serious or life-threatening illnesses.**COPYRIGHT NOTICE**In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107,any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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