Is organic agriculture “affluent narcissism?”

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Some of the devotion from consumers attains almost cult-like status, which is why a recent article by Stanford University researchers that was dismissive of especial health or nutritional benefits of organic foods created such a furor. Perhaps the most illogical tenet of organic farming is the exclusion of “genetically engineered” plants – but only if they were modified with the newest, best, most precise and predictable techniques.  Except for wild berries and wild mushrooms, virtually all the fruits, vegetables and grains in our diet have been genetically improved by one technique or another – often as a result of seeds being irradiated or genes being moved from one species or genus to another in ways that do not occur in nature.
 

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