weeks - 7:49 pm on Feb 25, 2009 (gmt 0)

Rugles, your concerns are legit. But, at the same time, what's the harm? There is no worthwhile research that shows conventional food to be any less better for you or more harmful than organic.

But, as many have said here and I have confirmed, "organic" food can taste better because of the care it gets and the values of the people who produce it. And, sometimes it is produced in a way that is less harmful to the earth. (But, not always.)

And, if it's local and you know the farmer, even better. But, be just as careful with organic food as you would with any other food. And, if you get that unprocessed goat cheese at the farmer's market on a warm summer day from that skinny women who doesn't shave her legs...