Is Organic Food Worth the Cost?|5 Minute Video
Are natural foods really healthier than non-organic foods? Are they better for animals? Are they better for the environment? Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains.
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Script:
” You are what you eat,” goes the old saying. And all over we are prompted to eat natural: it’s more nutritious, pesticide-free, and safeguards animals and the environment. At least, that’s what we are being informed– or rather, sold. And thanks to a great deal of really effective marketing, many individuals believe it. That’s why, when scientists at Cornell University provided study individuals an option in between two identical items, one labeled “natural” and one “routine,” the participants with confidence stated the “natural” choice to be lower in calories and more nutritious. They likewise said they ‘d pay 16 to 23 percent more for the natural choice. These beliefs about organic food have nothing to do with truth.
In 2012, Stanford University’s Center for Health Policy did the most extensive contrast and discovered natural foods are not nutritionally exceptional to traditional alternatives. And a more current evaluation of 20 years of research study into animal products by Italian researchers verified these findings. The authors concluded: “Scientific studies do not show that organic products are more nutritious and safer than standard foods.”
That’s fine, you might state. You do not eat natural foods even if of the health advantages, but because you care about the treatment of farm animals and of the environment. Sadly, the realities don’t support these beliefs either.
Animals on organic farms are not normally healthier than routine farms. A five-year United States study of dairy farms showed that “health results [for animals on natural farms] are similar to standard dairies.” And the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety reached a comparable conclusion. It discovered “no difference in unbiased disease event” on natural dairy farms as compared to conventional dairies. And while pigs and poultry on organic farms might take pleasure in much better access to open locations, this liberty, research studies show, likewise increases their direct exposure to parasites, predators and pathogens.
When it comes to the environment, yes, natural farming will indicate that in any one field, a farmer will utilize less energy and create less greenhouse gases. There’s a problem here. By passing up pesticides and fertilizers, natural farming is much, much less efficient than standard farming, which implies that natural farmers require a lot more land to grow the very same quantity of food.
A significant research study in Europe discovered that to produce the very same gallon of milk naturally, you require 59% more land. To produce meat, you need 82% more land. And for crops, it’s more than 200%.
If U.S. farming production was totally natural, it would mean we would require to convert an area larger than the size of California entirely to farmland. Financially, the lower productivity of organics suggests we have to dedicate more resources – capital, land and labor.
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Are natural foods actually healthier than non-organic foods? That’s why, when researchers at Cornell University provided study individuals a choice between two identical items, one labeled “natural” and one “routine,” the participants with confidence declared the “natural” option to be lower in calories and more nutritious. The authors concluded: “Scientific research studies do not reveal that organic items are more nutritious and more secure than standard foods.”
You do not consume natural foods simply due to the fact that of the health benefits, however since you care about the treatment of farm animals and of the environment. By forgoing fertilizers and pesticides, natural farming is much, much less effective than standard farming, which implies that organic farmers require much more land to grow the exact same amount of food.
