Organic farming is very sustainable on a broad scale, it’s been used since the beginning of agriculture. What is not sustainable is expecting to grow the produce and ship it around the world. Local, organic produce is cheaper than imported conventional produce. No one expects organic food to feed the everyone, or those in Africa or places were it is just not logical to have.

Conventional farming is also very taxing on the environment. Phosphorus and other elements found in fertilizers end up in our water systems, which ultimately lead to algal blooms, that degrade our oceans. Pesticides and herbicides also cause insects to become more resistant, calling for increased usage and the use of more potent chemicals. These chemicals affect us as well, we eat the food, some of the toxins such as DDT accumulate in our fat tissues. DDT is outlawed in the U.S.A and EU, but is used in third world countries where we get our produce from.

Organic food also “tends” to be healthier because of the limited products available. They are made using natural ingredients, which tend to be better than the synthetic ones. That is what people mean by healthier. A tbsp of oil is a tbsp of oil, it doesn’t matter if its organic or not, but a tbsp of sugar vs a tbsp of high fructose corn syrup is obviously going to have a different nutritional profile.

Tell me what you think!

-Andres