 bacon_pie
Male, 30-39, Southern US
 1951 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:58:36 AM
Whatever hippies |
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 madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2819 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:49:25 AM
Good- glad someone has already corrected this, I get fed up with keep saying that organic is not necessarily better and that misqoute never helps! |
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 jdavg3
Male, 40-49, Western US
19 Posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:27:59 AM
Stop messing up the internets with your facts |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:26:07 PM
to much information for my internet mind |
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 HiEv
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
384 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:46:56 PM
Here's the link that jendrian tried to post earlier in unbroken form:
Rutgers.edu - Misquotes in "Variation in Mineral Composition of Vegetables"
Quote: "A study conducted at Rutgers University (Bear et al., 1948) is frequently misquoted as evidence supporting the position that organically grown vegetables are significantly superior in minerals and trace elements to conventionally grown vegetables. In reviewing the original publication, one can clearly see that this was not the intention of the study nor does it give support to this premise." |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5252 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:38:53 PM
The original study was actually comparing mineral absorption values in different types of soils, but someone altered the table to be 'organic' vs. 'conventional' instead of 'highest' and 'lowest'. I posted it anyway because like I said in the description that it's been circulating around again and I can't stand it. Here's the Table from the original study. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6276 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:14:15 PM
Where's the column for E.Coli? |
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 clockwork208
Male, 30-39, Western US
834 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:25:04 PM
Made of people. |
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 RoboPatton
Male, 30-39, Western US
1947 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:08:24 PM
READING? pass |
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 Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3297 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:48:13 PM
OK, that's it. If I ever have a daughter, I'm going to insist that she name her teddy bear "Firman Edward Bear." That is too cute. =^.^= |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2694 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:46:44 PM
Organic means that it might kill you. |
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Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3297 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:46:18 PM
OMG. There really IS (or was) a Fir E. Bear. Link here. |
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 CaptainPabst
Male, 18-29, Western US
1253 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:27:25 PM
All the food is poison |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:31:59 PM
about 1/3 of any crop is lost each year due to conditions (live or enviotmental) and that is about the same amount of crop that was lost before the use of chemicals.
also, chemicals destroy the soil and make it unusable and so does mono-cropping.
Source or GTFO. |
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 Mister_C
Male, 18-29, Europe
664 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:28:57 PM
What's a snap bean? |
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 TrustusJones
Male, 30-39, Western US
61 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:20:58 PM
I've seen worse convenient names. Sometimes parents seem to hate their kids. |
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TrustusJones
Male, 30-39, Western US
61 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:15:50 PM
@TrustusJones:
It's comparing the mineral levels in unit weights of veg grown in too differently treated soils, one treated organically, one not.
This is the problem. It doesn't specify the make-up of either soil. All organic/conventional soils are not equivalent. Especially if they are too differently treated. |
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Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3297 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:09:59 PM
this just in... agricultural scientists at the Fir E. Squirrel Laboratory are working feverishly to confirm the findings... |
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 darkmagic14n
Male, 18-29, Western US
1634 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:57:28 PM
obviously its a fake, the guy who conducted the research is named Fir E Bear (Furry Bear) |
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 Arcval
Male, 18-29, Europe
304 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:56:15 PM
@TrustusJones:
It's comparing the mineral levels in unit weights of veg grown in too differently treated soils, one treated organically, one not. |
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TrustusJones
Male, 30-39, Western US
61 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:50:08 PM
It looks to me like the table is comparing soil nutrients. It says nothing about the soil ingredients (milliequivalents?) or yields. Organic soil contains organic fertilizers (worm castings, manure...). Conventional soil(?) would contain chemical fertilizers like nitrates and phosphates. It all depends on the mix. |
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 honkeylips
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
1392 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:42:51 PM
That's why I like GMOs. They can make them healthier than organic. |
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 jendrian
Male, 18-29, Canada
2352 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:30:35 PM
Funny, Rutgers University doesn't seem to support this table
>[url]http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/bearr... |
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 Stonardsftw
Male, 18-29, Western US
319 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:01:54 PM
I brought Organic grapes once. There were dead spiders in them. |
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 megavidiot
Male, 30-39, Canada
905 Posts
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:53:31 PM
"Organic agriculture is unsustainable. All you greenies should be campaigning against it! "
STFU and go read The Omnivore's Dilemna before talking again. |
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