Why should I eat organic? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Joanna Blythman
by Joanna Blythman from on (#PQ28)
Every day, millions of internet users ask Google life's most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
Loud voices dismiss organic food as nothing more than a trendy 21st-century lifestyle choice for the neurotic rich, but this is a phony argument. There's nothing new or modish about organics - until the 1950s, all the food we ate was organically produced. It's organic food that should be considered "normal", not the upstart, factory-farmed, agrochemical stuff that's only been on our shelves for a few decades. And the reasons for eating organic food, and supporting organic farmers and growers, are becoming more compelling, not less.
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