Is Organic Food Really Worth It? 

Buy your local farms. I’m a farmer and have always grown fully organic. No pesticides,,, I have low yields but what I grow is heirloom and fertilized by fish emulsion and chicken manure. No fake chemicals, my farm is biodiverse and has healthy natural soil. My only problem is I’m the last of seven generation of farmers in Sacramento Ca. and now my farm is surrounded by lennar homes…

i don't know many people who think organic foods are more nutritious. I think most people, myself included, are more concerned about the potential risks of pesticides/hormones/antibiotics in non-organic foods.

Once upon a time all food was organic.

The USDA standards and US food standards in general are an absolute joke compared to Europe’s

We need to start holding people accountable for our food in America! Most of our health problems will be fixed if our food has higher standards like other countries. The only way to be safe here is to grow your own

It's not about nutrition, it's about content of pesticides and herbicides and other chemicals. I'd rather pick up the organic apple over the non-organic one, if available, to reduce the chemical intake which over a lifetime can cause all kinds of cancers and pain. So yes, organic it's worth it in the long run. Not to even mention the difference in taste.

ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE?! Organic apples will SMELL like apples. Conventional, almost every single time-- do not have a smell. (This is when I pick them up and smell them uncut in the store). This is one fruit that I will always buy organic. However, when I move up north, I'll be planting trees asap. And picking fresh when I can elsewhere. Can't wait! :)

More than organic, we need to transition to regenerative farming practices and eat more foods from perennial sources such as trees in diverse cropping systems and STOP TILLING THE SOIL. This video claims pesticide residues on grocery store foods are too low to pose a risk to human health, but what about the health of soils where many of the nutrients we need come from. As soil life dies we grow less and less nutritious foods and in effect mine the soil as the life that holds it together isn't there to prevent erosion. More people need to get involved with where their food is coming from so we can strengthen local food security and decentralize from the monocultures of corn/soy. Let's plant food trees like chestnuts (in temperate areas) in our communities and lining the streets so we can rely less and less on food grown across the country/world.

Unfortunately the organic label has been diluted over time and abused by many farmers only for the increased income. It takes a mindset shift to actually be a organic farmer working with nature and the corporate organic farms often miss that. Keep an out for Regenerative Organic certified produce and the new bionutrient meter for a more transparent view into what you are eating/supporting/voting for. -third generation regenerative land manager

For me, buying organic fruits and vegetables are just a way to support local small farmers. Since they are the ones who most sell this itens.

"Organic food costs 24 cents more on average..." 24 cents more per what? per grape? per pound? Maybe a percentage would be a better comparison?

I buy almost all organic food. But for someone starting out and concerned with price differences between organic and non organic, my advice would be to, at the very least, buy organic coffee (if you drink coffee) and organic potatoes. These two are at the top of the list in pesticide usage.

All I know is, organic bananas cost a few cents (about 8) more a pound, taste better and last longer on the counter...carrots tend to taste sweeter.

I like my vitamins free of cancer causing pesticides. I'd be curious to know who is funding this "news" story.

People concerned about the ecology and climate change should really look hard at the synthetic fertilizers. These fertilizers put nitrous oxide in our atmosphere. Nitrous oxide is far worse than carbon dioxide or methane. Organic and regenerative farming is really an essential step.

The narrator sounds like she was doing this late at night while trying not to wake up her partner lying on the bed in the same room

Buy local product first... 👍

This report feels incomplete without discussing the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

I buy organic mainly to avoid non-GMO and Monsanto

Why don’t they talk about how organic raised animals have a better life and not freedom than conventional animals. They mentioned briefly, but many people don’t know about this and may believe that it’s just organic feed.

When you are growing the vegetables yourself yes but we know the food sold as organic isn’t truly organic.

As someone who follows natural farming and permaculture I would say it is definitely worth it even if it 10 times costlier than industrial farming because of Taste, Biodiversity, reducing pollution and use of hazardous chemicals. But now many countries have loosened Organic certification standard leading to Industrial organic farming which is the same as chemical intensive farming with a little less chemicals, corruption everywhere!

Yes, organic is worth it…if appropriately labeled as true organic by accurate standards. More producers should consider changing their practices. I’ve noticed that organic foods are leaving shelves a lot faster than non-organic foods

I know it is worth it! I switched to help the bees and accidentally healed myself of many chronic issues. Food cravings and fibromyalgia went away after about 2 weeks. Dropped from 170 to 125 without dieting. Also healed asthma, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, ulcers, IBS, acid reflux and migraines. You can keep the processed junk. I like living pain free.

Organic is about a lot more than avoiding pesticide residues at the grocery store, although that is part of it.

I respect that farmer at very end of the video for what he said. Seems like he is a good guy. Despite the fact that he is in the market he thinks we should consume locally first.

Any reduction of unnecessary antibiotic use is a good thing. We need antibiotics so using it when not really necessary is a bad thing specially with the raise of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

The ONLY way you can guarantee that your food is organic is to GROW IT YOURSELF.

I find it so interesting that the natural way of growing foods with no harm to the soil has to be labeled organic. But pesticide ridden foods that aren't nature intended doesn't have a label yet it is so unnatural. For me organic foods is a concern about how we treat our soil. I don't really think we are doing ourselves a service by filling it with poison. Also I don't need to consume poison either. How much gets absorbed into the plants that you can't wash away? Nature shows us day in and day out how it is supposed to be done. Maybe if we hadn't been so focused on profit we would still have clean air, clean soil and clean waters. Grow your own foods if you can. I supplement as much as I can with limited space. It tastes a heck of a lot better than store bought. And that includes the organic store bought. Fresh out of the garden or pot can't be beat.

"Despite lack of knowledge organic foods is booming", here is a simple statement of everything that's wrong with the world.

NO WAY WILL I BELIEVE that chemicals are safe EVER!!!

I live in the country, I grow my own. One of my neighbors could not get org certified, due to the fact that the county sprays against mosquitos, on a dirt rd, 1/2 a mile away . He sells his blueberries for half of what organic cert ones get. Even though they are organic.

This is the most informative, honest, unbiased product of a news organization that I have come across in decades. I wish that there was information and credit given to the individuals responsible for this excellent piece of reporting.

The report basically is stating it’s “ Organic INC.” Lmao! The only way to get what you want is to plant it yourself!

I personally think the term “organic” is just a marketing gimmick. The only way your gonna get actual organic food is if you grow your own crops.

I grow my own fruits and vegetables every year, then supplement that with buying from local farms. We also have a few apple farms around the corner from where we live. The reality is there's no way to ensure complete organic, even if you grow the food yourself, because you don't know what chemicals have leeched into the soil. But if you're going to your local chain supermarket, that fruit you're buying has passed through so many hands, you really just don't know what you're getting.

The thing about Organic is it isn't necessarily healthier, but it is more sustainably grown and doesn't support big agra companies like Monsanto.

I’m gonna start supporting my local farmers market

I have started an organic farm, I am licensed in my country for the farmers market. The cost to make organic food is super more expensive than convectional farming. This is why I have to have higher prices or else I cannot pay the bills or save for the "raining" days. If some weather catastrophe happens, how will I cover the damage? Now as for nutritional value, I make brix tests, very inexpensive method to know what I am producing and usually higher brix levels means higher nutritional value. As for health, I only know this, I have in my mind already 4-5 relatives which some died from cancer, one is dying right now, there is no hope and the other had breast cancer and she has it again. They all were "cheap" on food and they wouldn't pay for high quality food or organic, but they paid the doctors even though we have free health care, under the table (I am in greece) 10.000 euro for the relative with the breast cancer, my aunt paid for her husband 20.000 euro, and he died in the end, and now my other aunt, I don't know for sure because she is secretive with her money, but I bet she has paid also a lot. Other relatives were very old and they died from cancer. But my 3 examples are 40-55 years old. In the end, if you don't pay for healthier food during your life time, when the time comes, after 40, you might pay it by the thousands to the doctors and gamble your life, you live or die. So I decided to try to have as much as possible lower cost or my price range to be on the expensive side of convectional vegetables, and it works for me, but I am telling you all, find a good farm that does brix tests, that have their nutritional value on the labels, and support them. Learn to pay and make people who make healthy food for you, because you need it, your life needs it. Don't make anymore rich people with cancerous food or the doctors, enough is enough with this failing system.

I still prefer organic, the taste seem better, the apples don't have that artificial shine and the ingredients seems to be better. For me to take any of the comments of the people presented here seriously I need to ask for the studies. And the main question I will ask is; WHO FUNDED THAT STUDY? after that question is answered then I will make up my mind.

It’s not the nutritional factor, it’s the extras concerning pesticides, chemicals etc… I hear both are missing the vitality of the land because of overuse, praying over the foods before one eats makes an unseen vital difference to me that at least gives a person enough strength to possibly revitalize just one more day. Knowing what/who is destroying or distorting this opportunity helps immensely 😊

"Eat as much as you can locally....and then enjoy what you want globally" I like this line. I would love to eat more locally. It's probably a far healthier lifestyle to live. All this time I thought organic was healthier. From what I understood it seems like it's more or less the same but I would still choose organic at the end of the day.

Organic food really does taste better. && one thing I noticed was milk. I’m single and live alone and don’t drink milk unless I’m cooking with it. Conventional milk last 2 weeks while organic milk last 2 months. So my milk no longer spoils. That solidified my decision to go USDA organic

Growing a portion of your own foods help you clearly understand organic labeling.

The light is yet to shine on GMO's and non-GMO's...I'll always go for organic foods which has higher duration in the kitchen and menu friendly prizes that saves me some $$ to put to work. I've been able to be minimal,consciously spending on menu to save and investing wisely...I earn $5k on a weekly basis from my portfolio and that helps the family alot

I don’t care so much about the conventinal food in the shop. My concern is all the food waste which happens which ultimately ends up in the water supply. Massive amounts of pesticides and fertilizers are uncounted and poison the environment. This is why I only buy organic.

Organic is not the silver bullet, and I'm an intermediate scale organic farmer (less than 5k acres, but not small, back yard etc). You can test non organic foods for nutritional content that blow organic out of the water. That's because you don't have to be organic to know that your main crop is the ones under the surface, not above. Soil biology can take a bit of non organic methods and still rebound, mother nature is tougher than you think. The smart money does not spray insecticides that will destroy the natural enemies of your enemies, they accept some loses and let nature do it's thing. They don't saturate their ground with volatility fertility that can be easily and quickly absorbed by the plant, but also kills the soil biology at the same time, which is a long story, too much to cover on a social media post, but to make a long story short, has a bad effect on fertility long term and makes the dependence on synthetic fertility greater year after year. I think responsible regenerative agriculture is the answer, but I don't see how it can be socially responsible writing off a field that required an incredible amount of diesel fuel and depreciating asset use to get in the ground and growing. In short, if you get invaded by Army worms, it should be OK to spot treat a field under the supervision of your certification agent, yet be able to go back to organic statuss the next year. Organic agriculture has given me the opportunity to grow to a level that normally takes a few generations to achieve. But I have to stick to the truth, because I'm not smart enough to keep track of a bunch of lies. We need to be graded on the nutritional value of what we produce. How well our product performs is what matters. Ironically, I sell some of the best organic products for human consumption, and those buyers DO NOT GIVE A CRAP how "good" it is, they only care if it checks all the right boxes. Who DOES care? The people who feed livestock. 40% of my buyers raise NON organic protein, but they buy my products because of how they perform. I have chicken feed that will produce a 3 lb chicken in 6 weeks instead of 8, a 280 lb pig in 4.5 months instead of 6. If I used synthetic nitrogen, micro dosed right at the crown roots of corn at PRECISELY the time that plant needs it, I'd be a more ecologically sound farmer. Since I can't do that, I use liquid hog manure, and as a result, my soil is over rich in nutrients that can potentially leech. I have monitoring wells all over my land so that I can take immediate action should that ever happen. IF I CAN MAKE ANY POINT THIS EVENING, IT WOULD BE THIS, do you think you as a man or woman could take responsibility for supplying 10-15% of your own nutritional needs? Aside from bulk feed production for livestock, we sell mountains of Kale, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Asparagus, Mushrooms, Maple Syrup, Honey, Lavender, Mint, 350 total products to be exact. But our goal is to have you take up some of the responsibility in fulfilling your families nutritional requirements. I'd rather sell you a starts, and then seeds than produce. The best label your food can have is "LOCAL" and "IN SEASON" not organic, and better than that is what you provide for yourself.

The best way I've found to "eat organic" is to just grow my own produce. Whenever I buy organic produce at the store, is goes bad before I get the chance to use it and I don't really find it tastes that much better. Not to mention you don't know where it comes from most of the time. The "farmer's market" near me mostly sells produce imported from foreign countries, so it's not exactly local. It feels like I'm just throwing my money into the garbage.

Make your next one about what really goes in to making your meat

I admit for the last few months I’ve been trying to buy a lot of organic products but have slowly been adding things I used to eat because it tastes better and last longer after it’s open. And for instance I paid 2.99$ for store brand butter because the store brand organic was 6.99$ . And both say butter as the only ingredient except one says organic so I can’t keep paying high prices if it seems the same! But I read labels and do my best.

🇨🇦 these conversations are of little consequences for those of us on “very limited incomes” - as a farmers granddaughter (am 62 yrs) I at least have an awareness of my food and I eat as seasonally as I can - if there are farmers markets accessible to public transit then I get seasonal fruits & vegetables from these farmers that I get to know - this a long way of saying many of us cannot afford organic little own understand the significance of it - thnx for this video helps fills in a lot of gaps in my understanding of organic 🇨🇦

I don't buy organics exclusively. I view organics as having an additional choice. The product may be a flavor I prefer, produce may be more visually appealing or a better serving size. They often lack preservatives, have shorter more understandable nutrition labels, and lower sodium or sugar content.

I really enjoyed this piece definitely an eye opener

If you can, when ever possible.. BUY LOCAL, BUY ORGANIC. Better yet... GROW YOUR OWN. Even if it's just a small tomato plant, or a flat of sprouted greens! reality O_o

Sometimes when I go to discount food liquidation stores, there will be huge supply of a particular "organic" product. I assume the product wasn't actually organic and had to be taken off the shelves of regular grocery stores. Also, of course organic food sales were up last year, with all the shelves being cleared out from supply shortages and panic buying, the higher priced foods were often the only choices remaining.

I'm organic for two reasons 1. The environment 2. No cancer causing pesticides

I don’t like to eat glyphosate so yea I always buy organic. It’s more expensive but once you cut out the gmo infested processed foods, it’s about the same. :) Pay now, or pay later.

Organic just means they spray more "natural" pesticides. More, even though organic, doesn't mean it's better. I've worked on an organic farm and what they sell is not always what you get. Organic or not, mono-cropping is not healthy or environmentally sustainable. Organic is just another selling point to jack up prices.

Although I agree eating organic is best. I personally don't think it's neccesray. When I was in the navy, there were plenty of fit people of all ages on my ship (myself included). we were working long hours, very strenuous work, and working out in the gym on top of all that. And the food we were served was basically the bottom of the barell in terms of quality. I'm talking about pre-made eggs in plastic bags and chickens that I'm SURE were not free range or organic. Questionable beef Patty's, gluten heavy foods galore and sooo much more. But yet. We were still building muscle. Many people slimmed down. We still had plenty of energy for work, i would actually say hands down I was the most fit and active during my time on an active duty carrier (2yrs) given the quality of food we were served. So it led me to believe that as long as you get good sleep, exercise, excessive your brain mentally, and eat things that are generally healthy. Then you are fine and you should live a long and healthy life.

The last guy said it best: grow your own food; if you're not able to, then support your local farmers.

Support local farms, agriculture & farmers markets!

Doesn't the water we are drinking have all of these pesticides and antibiotics?

I was looking for cabbage last week and found only one left on the shelf. It's organic. I've been cooking it thru out the week and again today.

They just grazed over how conventional agriculture is basically the same as the oil industry now. Organic is far more sustainable.

I just want to move to an agriculturally focused community.

"this presentation sponsored by Bayer" (the company that makes Round up and other toxic herbicides)

I'm amazed by the amount of consumer brainwashing powering organic food sales-- It's always based on emotional appeals and promising nebulous benefits, whereas scientific papers point towards negligible differences in organic vs conventional produce. At the very least, the 'organic' label should be regulated more tightly. The only way to guarantee 'organic' produce is by growing it yourself or going to a farmer's market.

Perhaps organic oranges don’t have more nutrition...but I can say for a FACT, those smaller organic sure taste better. 😍

Just give these influential companies more time they will prove eating chemicals directly is as healthy as eating food itself. You got to use your head instead of mostly sold media. When one says there's no organic food until you grow it, I say there's no Organic (unbiased) News until it's yours.

I was under the impression that organic means you will likely end up with less toxic substances in your body (stuff in soil, emissions from factories, incorrect use of pesticides). If they say pesticide levels are safe - do they mean it's safe only IF applied correctly in the first place? How many farmers get that right?

I do not care organic vs not organic but the organic peanut butter tastes better at trader joes for example. I think maybe the type of farmer who tries to maintain the organic standards is more likely to be skillful at also making the product taste good.

I bought a bag of "Organic Lettuce." At home I read all the print. It said, "Wash Before Consuming." I guess maybe they were concerned about dirt . . .

In future videos would you keep the sound level constant? I find my self constantly adjusting the volume during the videos.

Genuine organic food is legit, but alot of it is marketing. At the end of the day, try to buy local. Shop at markets that focus on local produce. Also, accept that some of your fruits and vegetables can't be grown locally and will need to come from other states and countries. It's OK. 👍

I'm fairly certain I'm not much more than a consumer. I consume. I don't like the idea of my consumption leading to poisoning all the insects. They gotta consume too. Tiny bug poisons probably won't hurt me, but there are smaller things than me that eat those bugs, some of those smaller critters can be harmed. I'm so sick of people like, "It's not gonna hurt you." It's maybe not directly hurting me, but I still don't wanna poison everything in my path just for me to keep consuming.

I think the better question is what is more sustainable? Which has the least impact on the land?

I worked in a health food store during college. I routinely saw non-organic produce switched for organic. They would simply add a sticker saying "organic" and put it out on the shelves. I never buy organic produce.

I find it hard to believe that there is no quantifiable difference between organic and conventional. All I know is, the organic food I buy doesn’t last more than 5 days. But I could leave non organic in the fridge and it lasts up to 2-3 weeks! At the end of the day, we want the option that has less pesticides and chemicals.

Accurate and fair reporting. CEO Wellington Brands Please pay attention to the nutritionals the growers are only good at growing!

For me, Organic damn sure taste better!

I've been a produce clerk since 2012 and (for me) selling organic produce feels like selling beta movies when most of your stock is VHS. Some people think it's higher quality but the majority of consumers either don't care or avoid it because of the perceived higher cost. They might understand it's greater value but they're on a budget and to them the savings of non-organic outweighs the gains of cleaning eating. Then there's the consumers that have the overblown unrealistic idea of what organic means lol they make it seem like it's a cure for cancer. Also, a lot of people are picky as hell when they buy their produce. The industry has really fueled that in a big way. People need to understand that organic produce may very well mean "ugly" produce. The organic produce doesn't always last as long due to less chemicals being used and that's a turn off for a lot of people. Basically it's about the higher cost and not understanding the lasting effects of eating right that causes many people to pass on organic foods unless it's something fun like alcohol or junk food.

A commercial for conventional factory farm eggs came up during this. LOL

Yes we need to keep pushing to organic and clean food!

I have been eating all organic foods for 3 years. Love it, the

ALL food production in our precious planet need to be organic!!!

1:16 Is it just me? 24 cents sounds like nothing. Do they mean to say 24% more?

I love the way that little boy in the end of the film was eating strawberries😂❤

I buy all my food from the farmers market. Ive become good friends with my farmers and they allow you to tour their farm. Been buying from them for eight years now and never get sick. I removed my health insurance since it kept going up when i never use it and i was just paying for the sick people eating fast food garbage. You can either pay the doctor or the farmers.

Being into organic food (and in general, healthy lifestyle) for at least last 10 years (and strongly advocating it) I'm kinda feeling sorry for those watching the video, but not having enough knowledge - u won't learn much from the video apart from some fun facts and muddying the waters.

Pov: you searched for food shorts and found this and click for some reason

Organic may mean lack of pesticides & chemicals, but it’s the water that we use that has micro plastics and metals in it still putting these things in our bodies.

Sad 😔 conventional foods don’t spoil when left out. Organic foods definitely taste different and they have a shelf life.

I prefer organic because it’s less harmful to the environment. Yes, this doesn’t mean organic foods aren’t free from harmful pesticides. The continued spraying of harmful pesticides and insecticides does damage to the environment long term. Buy local, and buy in season. Vet companies before purchase.

Very lopsided coverage. The issue isn’t whether organic produce is significantly more nutritious. The issues are sustainability from an ecological and environmental stand point (conventional industrial farming isn’t), use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that have not been studied enough to make the claim that they don’t do damage to our bodies AND the environment and biology in it, and purposely ignore and suppress studies that shed truth on the subject. All this is maximize yields to maximize profits. We waste up to 40% of all food we produce. The main focus in this program is on making a strawman argument, ignoring the vast problems that industrial farming, chemicals, and GMOs pose, and focusing on pricing differentials of a few cents as if that was the primary concern. This makes this coverage highly suspect.

I just buy organic because I noticed it lasted longer in my fridge. No sense buying the cheaper non organic just to toss half of it because it spoiled so fast. Organic would last 2 or 3 times longer.

It's the soil that is important and that gives the nutrients. The problem is that chemical fertiliser is used to produce organically grown vegetables and fruits

I prefer organic. I thought I knew what organic was (free of synthetic herbicide, pesticide, hormones, etc.). Seems like there are more factors. I need to educate myself more. I chose organic because I want to reduce my chemical footprint - I never believed it was nutritionally better or better tasting.

11.11 says the have same nutrition and 12:21 says organic plant food has more antioxidant and animal has more fats. It's so contradictory

Sikkim in india is world first complete organic state,, and currently more than 7 states in india are on the way to organic.

I buy organic fruits & vegetables when it's a decent price.. People laugh & say organic is a joke, however I have tasted the difference eating organic bananas 🍌, strawberries, 🍓, pears🍐, apples 🍏 🍎, carrots 🥕, garlic, ginger, milk 🥛.