"Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective

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85. I don't know that I see many misconceptions being explained away here

Explaining why organic food often costs more doesn't stop it from costing more. It might make more people willing to pay the difference, more appreciative of the difference, but that won't make it more affordable for many people.

In that other thread some people argued about the supposed health benefits of organic food. Now you're pointing out that there are other benefits -- supporting small farmers, getting fresher foods into "food deserts", more environmentally sustainable agricultural techniques. Fine. But that doesn't make an argument about the supposed health benefits a "misconception", or change the fact that many people claim to choose organic food for primarily health reasons, reasons which are debatable and not answered by pointing out other potential benefits.

Further, no matter what other great and noble deeds have been done by Joel Salatin, that doesn't stop that quote about cancer he made from being misleading and over the top.