[chrispeel]

An opposing view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4nJ07_02NQ

I often buy organic food: I can afford it and like the goal of using zero or minimal pesticides and herbicides. For me, it's like Pascal's wager: it can't hurt

[JumpCrisscross]

> using zero or minimal pesticides and herbicides

But this isn't what organic means. It means certain classes of pesticides and herbicides aren't used.

[ttfkam]

Umm… you get that Pascal's Wager is an example of fallacious reasoning, right? It establishes a false dichotomy where there either is a God or there isn't when in fact there is equally a possibility of the Christian God as all the other thousands of gods.

Not all organic is grown and cultivated the same nor is all conventional. Not all "natural" pest controls are harmless just as not all conventional pest controls are harmful.

Crop rotation, cover crops, and resting fields occurs in both and can be absent in both.

"Organic" is a marketing term at this point. The details are much muddier (pun intended).