@TommoCarroll

Grocery stores should really be divided into two sections: "Organic" and "Things I can Afford" 🥕

@thomasbecker8824

As a produce grower for a local farmers market, we don't grow or market organic products. We do our best to use insecticides responsibly and as few times as possible through out the growing season. We would not be able to get a high yeilding crop or a very high quality crop from our gardens. Also, I always like to keep in mind that GMO could be something as simple as cross pollination, it's not always splicing genes. Even in that case it is typically to give a plant resistance to disease or to increase yield. Fancy lables on our food increase the price of things that raised conventionally, would be just as safe.

@garethdean6382

I always buy 'chemical free' food.

I survive on dark matter.

@drewpamon

As a mini farmer I use a lot of organic techniques in order to preserve the soil and to try and make the farm more efficient. Like having chickens roam freely to eat the bugs and collecting their poop for my hot compost pile.

@kirstenpaff8946

As an agricultural engineer, I really appreciate videos like this. More sustainable agriculture (i.e. producing more food with fewer inputs and less environmental damage) is critical for the health of the human population, but terms like organic and natural often have more marketing behind them than science. Consumers associate organic with all that is good, and marketers take full advantage of that. Even products that are not organic certified take advantage of this association by using terms that sound like they mean the same thing as organic (i.e. natural, pure, etc) or by using specific packaging (green containers, muted colors, pictures of leaves or idyllic farms, etc). If you choose to spend the extra money on organic products, please do yourself a favor and look at the science rather than the marketing campaigns.

@naomilovenpeace

I think it's important to make it clear that in America the USDA ONLY certifies food. So anything that says it's organic and is not food (beauty products are a good example) is probably lying

@laurahrobinson

I wish you had talked about organic vs conventional meat more -- the lack of growth hormones and antibiotics in organic meat seems like it would be an important health benefit. Maybe another video?

@ethanrey98

I think that GMO's are like rapidly evolved food. So why does it have a bad reputation?

@Dalewoodian

This is the most even-handed breakdown of one of the most controversial issues in science I could imagine. Thank you so much for it

@BadHabitMarco

This is very informative! Thank you SciShow for many arguments pro and contra organic foods - much appreciated to help me understand its usefulness and value (or the opposite).

@electronicsNmore

Unfortunately there's no way to know if you're really getting organic food.

@sjcross8

When Hank talked about “grape man” I literally paused the video, stopped doing the dishes I was in the middle of, and ran up to my sister to make her watch it so we could laugh about it together. 😂

@thomasr.jackson2940

I refuse to pay for the meaningless, unscientific, and irrational “organic” marketing label.  Come up with a meaningful “sustainable” label, or a “locally sourced” standard, I will take a look.

@Jaguar3001

I live in the Monterey County, California, which is largely considered the salad bowl of the world. That said, I have worked for many different companies that produce all types of fruits and vegetables. I remember the organic ones specifically, our foreman would bring out a stack of boxes labeled “organic” in between our packaging and say: “It’s time to charge the idiots their up charge.”

@josephdestaubin4350

It seems to me that because of a mix of what's available and what a supermarket is willing to carry there are certain foods that are more or less consistently better tasting from the organic section as compared to its non-organic counterpart, green onions, tomatoes, garlic, just to name a few. The difference in taste is huge. The quality of tast in cooking is such that I can use a LOT less of the organic garlic than I would use of regular garlic. You're get it garlic that I've been able to find is Floral and Rich slightly sweet and believe it or not you can actually bite into it because it locks the acidity and bitterness of non-organic garlic. And I could go on about other vegetables, but I think a lot of it is just the way the market selects for availability. In the end though I have to challenge your assertion that you shouldn't choose organic for taste because if one is using less material to accomplish the same thing true Organics then one is having less of an impact on the environment.

@hoablume5680

I really like the your contribution according to this topic! :) But something which is missing here is if it has a big effect on animal farming. Could you do a separate video about organic and animal farming according to beef, chicken, pork production? :)

@katiekossow2577

As a food scientist, thank you for this thorough and easy-to-understand video! Everyone at scishow did a fantastic job as usual. Thank you for supporting the science of food!

@gr8handsftl

I've grown crops both organically (without pesticides) and conventionally. The amount of yield for the cops were the same. As far as health benefits, not eating a pesticide is a lot healthier, most do not wash off with normal cleaning techniques. Most of the studies that show that "conventional growing", or "conventionally grown" foods are studies which are backed by the pharmaceutical industry, so they deny publishing the true outcomes

@AhmetCinar35

Yes, what they sell in most of the groceries as "organic foods"  are just marketing techniques. Real organic food is what you grow in your garden. It takes more time, more resources and you need to do it carefully. But it is like a heaven. The smell and the taste of tomatoes and peppers in my  grandmother's garden is worth more than every other food produced by companies. 

I guess it is the requirements of the ever evolving world but it makes me sad the we are forgetting about the beauties and the joys world offer us. Everthing now is mass produced without much care and we are becoming robots of the future. Mass produced clothes of modern popular culture, mass produced foods of rich companies, long work hours. I feel like we became a part in a capitalist system. Like another brick in the wall. I think the only thing that will chance this system is going to be the next world war. So sad.

@PowahSlapEntertainmint

Organic means expensive.