What the Deal with Organic Foods? Part 2
Posted on 2008 under growing organic vegetables | 25 Comments11 Oct
Nutrition by Natalie: What is the difference between organic food and conventional food? Is organic really more healthy for you?
The USDA lays out certain guidelines that farms have to follow in order to be able to claim the food is organic. In this video Natalie discusses what each of those guidelines are.
What is surprising to learn is some of the growing practices of conventional farming and food processing. As an example, chemical plants and waste water treatment facilities will actually sell their toxic waist to conventional farms to use for fertilizer.
What you eat is an important part of health and nutrition.
Visit Natalie’s website at
http://www.nutritionbynatalie.com
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Duration : 0:6:15
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by psychetruth, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Yea the FDA sucks. …
Yea the FDA sucks. Organic standards are maintained the the USDA though.
by pidos847, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
How to I know that …
How to I know that the food at the store is really organic? Just because the label says “organic”, How will the consumer ever really know if that product is organic? The FDA is some of the tiest mother ers in the world!!!!!!!
by FireFoxRocks, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
I seriously doubt …
I seriously doubt she’s 38. That’s impossible!
by FireFoxRocks, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Or you could eat …
Or you could eat organic foods and just buy and eat less food. Concentrate on efficiency of consumption and usage. You get more nutritional value from these foods anyway so your body does not require as much food as most people are used to consuming. Also wash your veggies and fruits with a water and vinegar solution or alternatively water and bentonite clay. That will extend the shelf life of dramatically and result in less waste.
Or you could just whine and cry about it and go on as usual.
by mai914, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
great video… good …
great video… good to know thanks
by psychetruth, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
If you can’t afford …
If you can’t afford organic food, eating conventionally grown whole foods is 1000 times better than the typical American diet and far cheaper than buying pre-prepared foods and eating out.
by ssttkktt, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
many people dont …
many people dont buy organic food, are because they are not able to afford it, even though they want to have organic food. what can you do about that, nothing! ask those people to work harder? make more money ?
by lavenda11, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Australia used to …
Australia used to have a ban on GM canola, but this has changed recently.
by TaipeiTripper, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
I really like this …
I really like this series…I will go check out your website if you have one!
by soccom8341576, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
With increasing …
With increasing inflation setting in, it may lead to even more gmo.
I think gmo may be better for if we were ever going to do biofuels on a huge scale. Make huge corn which are completely filled with oil
That’s the problem with the ever-increasing size of the government. They try to subsidize things because lobbyists.
by Jigs1girl, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Probably. …
Probably. Everything Bush does is something to hurt the American people!
by bke274, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Government doesn’t …
Government doesn’t subsidize organic farming. But they sure as heck have no problem subsidizing corn farmers. From whence comes high fructose corn syrup. Where do most of these farmers reside? IOWA. Where is the 1st Presidential contest held? IOWA. So what are the chances of electing someone who doesn’t cowtow to that special interest? Well, like him or not John McCain didn’t do it in Iowa and he came in 4th there. Don’t agree with him on everything, but guess who I’m voting for in Nov?
by psychetruth, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
100 percent natural …
100 percent natural doesn’t mean anything. It’s not a regulated term.
by livin4everandhealthy, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
does 100% natural …
does 100% natural mean the same as all natural? i get confused about the difference.
by tumaru, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
non organic foods …
non organic foods and such disgust me 100,000x more then 2girl1cup and the government is just a F-ing corporate when it comes to regulations. they don’t serve the people they serve their corporate economy.
by achavez78, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
good call. lolol
good call. lolol
by klined, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
you’ll save money …
you’ll save money in missed work and medical bills
by klined, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
cheaper is relative …
cheaper is relative.
you save a dollar today, but it costs you 10,000 dollars in the future for medical bills
by dominicanville, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Very true
Very true
by gaura, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
is it you Nataile …
is it you Nataile who responds?-hey didn’t Bush loosen the laws or the organic label thus making the quality less?
by gaura, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
good on ya kid-nice …
good on ya kid-nice info
by bassplyr0, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Like the saying …
Like the saying goes, “Pay now or pay later”
by FairMindedCitizen, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Good video its very …
Good video its very important information. An important person of note that led to the labeling of “GM” food in Europe is a man named Arpad Pusztai. His story is an important one for everyone to know. We need more heros like Pusztai in the US to ensure our food is safe to eat.
by psychetruth, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
In order for food …
In order for food to have word organic on the label, it has to meet the USDA specifications for organic food. That is what this video goes over, what the USDA specifications are. It would be illegal for a company to put the word organic on a food label unless it met this standard. By the way, “all natural” means nothing and the term isn’t regulated. Only food labeled as organic is actually organic.
by photo2010, on October 11 2008 @ 12:48 pm
How does the …
How does the consumer know if food labeled organic, really is?