Beyond Organic
Many large industrial organic farms are energy-intensive operations using large amounts of fossil fuel--not the bucholic pasture-based model most people think of. However, the organic food movement is viable not just because of the pesticide-free food. It's also about taking a stand against the chemically-intensive highly-processed GMO corn and soybean-based industrial food system that produces almost all of our food today. If I have my choice between eating beef produced by a CAFO (confined animal feeding opertion) where cattle stand knee-deep in their own waste and are fed a steady diet of GMO corn, or one that has eaten only grass and not been pumped full of antibiotics (cleverly described as "nutritional supplements"), I'll take the one grown on grass.
Furthermore, I've not been eating organic because of the superior nutritional qualities. I eat it because there are so many toxins in the environment, I'm simply trying to tip the scales in my favor when it comes to staying healthy. For in the end, none of us really know why we get certain diseases like MS, Parkinsons, and cancer.
