What A Surprise!?

felpec · July 7, 2007

A 10-year study comparing organic tomatoes with those grown conventionally suggests that organic food is healthier for people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6272634.stm

Wonder how much money was spent figuring THAT out?

PaulF · July 7, 2007

It would be interesting to read the entire research as to methodology and comparisons. If the non-organic tomatoes were factory or greenhouse grown and the organics came from a small well tended organic plot, the same results probably would be evident between the store-boughts and tomatoes from my non-organic garden. Is that some of our tax money in action?

**carolyn137** · July 7, 2007

For a different spin on the same information and a look at a lot of comments, both supportive and critical, please read the following thread from GW where it was recently posted.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...315973.html?23

dcarch · July 7, 2007

May be I am just ignorant about this kind of things:

I think there should be some distinction in the following:

1. All organic as per legal definition.
2. All chemical everything.
3. Using all organic fertilizers only and non-organic using chemical pesticides and fungicides.

I think there is a vast population using the third method.

dcarch

bcday · July 7, 2007

I think I am in a fourth group, that uses organic when possible and chemical when necessary. I suppose there are different degrees of "necessary" though, depending on your objectives.

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felpec Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Zone 5/6 New Jersey Posts: 122	What A Surprise!? A 10-year study comparing organic tomatoes with those grown conventionally suggests that organic food is healthier for people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6272634.stm Wonder how much money was spent figuring THAT out?

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	It would be interesting to read the entire research as to methodology and comparisons. If the non-organic tomatoes were factory or greenhouse grown and the organics came from a small well tended organic plot, the same results probably would be evident between the store-boughts and tomatoes from my non-organic garden. Is that some of our tax money in action? __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	For a different spin on the same information and a look at a lot of comments, both supportive and critical, please read the following thread from GW where it was recently posted. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...315973.html?23 __________________ Carolyn

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dcarch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,618	May be I am just ignorant about this kind of things: I think there should be some distinction in the following: 1. All organic as per legal definition. 2. All chemical everything. 3. Using all organic fertilizers only and non-organic using chemical pesticides and fungicides. I think there is a vast population using the third method. dcarch __________________ tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato

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bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	I think I am in a fourth group, that uses organic when possible and chemical when necessary. I suppose there are different degrees of "necessary" though, depending on your objectives.