I do believe in the idea of health benefits from sticking with organic foods, but I am not so sure that these benefits are enough to outweigh the benefits of inorganic foods. I don't think it's feasible for an average middle class family to afford to live off of purely organic foods. For some families, it is difficult to even afford to prepare healthy meals, let alone organic meals.
I am also curious to know about how much food is shipped from our country to other countries that are in desperate need of help with obtaining food. If there is a large number of countries that we export food to, is it really necessary for us to go the organic route and put all of those people at greater risk for starvation, when inorganic foods make it possible to produce enough good to help?
Finally, I cannot help but wonder if it is even possible to know if you are really eating purely organic food. There have been so many strains of GMOs introduced into our foodchain, and the seeds from these plants get mixed up so easily in other fields, that half the time farmers are not even aware that this has happened. Large corporations, such as Monsanto, cannot control the transfer of their genes to other crops. Unless individual crops are tested (a task that is too daunting to even imagine, given the size of the corn fields that exist in Iowa alone, according to "Omnivore Dilemma"), there really is no way to tell if you are actually eating something that is organic or not.
These reasons keep me from completely siding with those who believe organic foods are the way to go. I believe our dependency on GMOs and the careless ways in which they are used at this point in time has destroyed any possibility of our country managing on organic foods alone.
I am also curious to know about how much food is shipped from our country to other countries that are in desperate need of help with obtaining food. If there is a large number of countries that we export food to, is it really necessary for us to go the organic route and put all of those people at greater risk for starvation, when inorganic foods make it possible to produce enough good to help?
Finally, I cannot help but wonder if it is even possible to know if you are really eating purely organic food. There have been so many strains of GMOs introduced into our foodchain, and the seeds from these plants get mixed up so easily in other fields, that half the time farmers are not even aware that this has happened. Large corporations, such as Monsanto, cannot control the transfer of their genes to other crops. Unless individual crops are tested (a task that is too daunting to even imagine, given the size of the corn fields that exist in Iowa alone, according to "Omnivore Dilemma"), there really is no way to tell if you are actually eating something that is organic or not.
These reasons keep me from completely siding with those who believe organic foods are the way to go. I believe our dependency on GMOs and the careless ways in which they are used at this point in time has destroyed any possibility of our country managing on organic foods alone.