inFact: Organic Food Myths

Everyone states natural food is better for you and better for the environment. However is that real, or is it simply eco-marketing rhetoric?

25 Responses to "inFact: Organic Food Myths"

Garth Hagerman says:

February 22, 2014 at 5:08 am

Sorry, Dunning, you’re not a skeptic. You’re just a mouthpiece for
corporate propaganda.
“…many organic lovers … [believe] organic produce is not grown with
fertilizers…” Start right off with a strawman. Instant credibility
killer. You’re not going to have an intelligent discussion, you’re going to
debate an idiot you made up.
“Every farm rotates crops…” Please. Have you ever been to eastern
Washington? Millions of acres of wheat. Last year, they planted wheat. Next
year, wheat. Twenty years ago, wheat. Or Iowa. Corn. Last year: corn. Next
year: corn. Forty years ago: corn. Global corporate agribusiness seldom
rotates crops.
I’m not a purist. I dislike the ridiculous dichotomy between organic hippie
food and corporate monoculture food. There’s a time and a place for
synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. This video, with its patronizing
attitude, its strawmen, and its errors of fact does nothing to raise the
level of public discourse about an important topic.
Mr.Aptronym says:

February 22, 2014 at 5:42 am

I love that of all inFact’s videos, this one seems to have drawn the most
ire. Despite the fact that scientific consensus has never favored organic
farming in any way, and Mr. Dunning goes out of his way to tell people to
buy whatever they like, there is still a ton of vitriol being spewed here.

Accosting people who try to discuss issues by calling them shills won’t win
any hearts or minds.
Warren Lauzon says:

February 22, 2014 at 6:20 am

Nearly all those studies that show that organic is better, you need to
check the source of the study. Very few – if any – will pass the criteria
for a true scientific study.
EffectiveKill says:

February 22, 2014 at 6:44 am

You cannot feed the world on organic food, and those that believe that you
can are part of the 1st world, those that have no fear of starving because
they don’t have enough food
David MacNeil says:

February 22, 2014 at 7:02 am

This video is great, and to everyone saying that natural fertilizers and
original strains were fine for centuries, that’s actually true…but how
many people were there back then? 7 million? 7 thousand? Now there’s 7
BILLION people in the world, and we have to find more efficient ways to
feed them all. That’s what ticks me off about this organic food thing, it’s
ultimately selfish. If we all went organic, MILLIONS WOULD STARVE!
Seriously.
Pete Melov says:

February 22, 2014 at 7:19 am

In Fact, Brian, how were crops produced before commercial
fertilizers..With Natural fertilizers,The Original strains were
precious,and revered.. Organic, from Nature, Natural means, Organic..Brian,
I dont know if you have ever farmed, but you really have no idea what your
talking about, Microorganisms drive the soil, nutrient, Vitamin and mineral
content, kill the micro-organisms, and you have nutrient poor, crops.A 4
year, 4 million pound study by the EU, conclusively proved that Organic was
so far ahead of..”conventional” it was ridiculous, wake up Brian, get
outside, get your hands dirty and stop relying on Science labs to produce
your lousy food, our kids deserve better..and really, you are D3 deficient,
along with a very bad Fungal problem..but of course, you wouldnt believe
that because Science doesnt talk about it..
KRI Jarr says:

February 22, 2014 at 8:08 am

This guy is a convicted fraudster THEREFORE, whatever he says IS completely
irrelevant. Takes a fool to believe a fool! (See above statement)
Numsoms Soms says:

February 22, 2014 at 8:18 am

I think its quite ironic that he states there is no difference between
organic and non organic foods, because he immediately states afterwards
that there are studies that do prove otherwise. Whats the point in making a
claim, and then rebutting it yourself right afterward?
kdelage1 says:

February 22, 2014 at 8:20 am

How does Monsanto pay you? By the video? Or do you get a set amount for
each lie?
Wino McDrinky says:

February 22, 2014 at 9:14 am

lol the leftist “skeptics” are so butthurt about this video
lovely
Jess James says:

February 22, 2014 at 9:38 am

Interesting thoughts but I think if you look at the facts then you will
find organic food is better for you as it doesn’t contain the synthetic
pesticides that conventional produce does. Lets face it why would you
consume something when you really have no idea what it will end up doing to
you. Organically grown food is better for you and if you can produce your
own then that will be even more beneficial and its not even that difficult.
Anyone can grwo veges at home just by following courses like this one
http://www.groworganics. net that Dr Jonathon White has put out.
Ryan Shea says:

February 22, 2014 at 10:23 am

Can’t label everything as black and white. Some organics are much better
than their counterpart where-as some have minimal pesticide/chemical sprays
by comparison.

You want to consume pesticides and laugh at those who spend extra money on
“organic” food. Go ahead, it’s your health. Just don’t come around whining
about your poor health in 20 years. You make the bed you lay in. You can
continue to be “right” or you can be healthy, your choice in the end.

Also…
Why has it been found a majority of the super rich consume organic produce.
Hell Mitt Romney promotes GMO crap and in a short documentary it shows at
home they eat nothing but Organic… but of course Organic is all BS, the
sheep need to eat the crap they’re selling of course.
Fukushima Radiation Update says:

February 22, 2014 at 10:26 am

This guy obviously has never grown organic vegetables. He’s totally wrong
on this subject and many other videos I’ve watched. He seems to side with
corporate interest. My family has been farming for over a century and I can
say he’s full of bullshit on this issue from my own experience and what my
grandparents and parents have taught me about farming. I can’t believe he
has so many thumbs up. Next he’ll make a video about how good pesticides
our good for you. This guy works for corparations
kronosx7 says:

February 22, 2014 at 10:33 am

organic and crap food? I bet you’ll find that non-organic food vs crap food
is also better. If you compare any non-crap food to crap food it’s going to
be better. There are no studies favoring organic food and if we all
switched to organic farming then billions would starve. Fact
Jared DeMarzo says:

February 22, 2014 at 10:52 am

Yaay, an InFact about organic food!
I remember when Skeptoid’s first podcast episode about organic food was
released – it was interesting to see who the real skeptics were. Always
very easy to point and laugh when something you already don’t believe is
getting the skeptical treatment, but when it’s something you *do* believe,
suddenly you sound no different from any of the other delusional people.
Tsk-tsk.
Red Baron Farm says:

February 22, 2014 at 11:29 am

Your statistics are seriously flawed.
theguruofreason says:

February 22, 2014 at 11:58 am

Please find a single scientific study which has passed the peer-review
process that shows that organic foods are healthier for people.
Evnyofdeath says:

February 22, 2014 at 12:13 pm

…And that’s meant to sway me…how? Don’t buy Monsanto seeds then.
dsndicmsa says:

February 22, 2014 at 1:11 pm

In agriculture, crop yield refers to the measure of a crop per unit area of
land cultivation,
Red Baron Farm says:

February 22, 2014 at 1:14 pm

Me personally? No neither are you. But organic most certainly can, much
better than conventional too. Organic yields more per acre in general,
while conventional yields more per farmer in general. But more per farmer
doesn’t feed the world unless there is a shortage of population. The world
I live in has no such shortage of population and hasn’t since WWII. The
main key would be to train skilled farmers. Pop isn’t the problem, training
them in modern organic methods is the limiting factor.
betta blocker says:

February 22, 2014 at 1:50 pm

Monsantoed toed !
Rin Eric says:

February 22, 2014 at 2:20 pm

I mistook you for someone intelligent I could dialogue with. You are
welcome to your closed mind full of petroleum not BS. Or so you suppose. I
have been an organic farmer since 1973 when we started the movement.
Petroleum killls the rybosphere and eventually the topsoil. You could use
your scientific minds and your market muscle to HELP us bring about this
necessary agricultural transition, instead you make it harder for us with
ego argumentation.
Red Baron Farm says:

February 22, 2014 at 2:48 pm

I agree, but it is a food issue too.
Red Baron Farm says:

February 22, 2014 at 3:04 pm

You say less, but actually it is more. Call it creative accounting by
those wishing to discount organic due to a vested financial interest in
conventional. If I grow corn and beans together as companion crops, sure I
might get 20 % less corn or 20 % less beans, but I got both beans and corn,
so my total productivity per acre is much higher. Then if I raise chickens
and glean those fields with them…..even more productivity. I do that 5 or
more years and the soil gives me even more.
dsndicmsa says:

February 22, 2014 at 3:36 pm

both of those studies are exceptional examples of high end organic
production, with specialist in the field actively working to increase the
productivity of the organic system, they are not at all examples of the
average organic farming system, which on average have lower yields and
productivity compared to the average conventional farming system using
synthetic chemicals

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