GHAZALEH ASRARIANDREW REYES-CAIRO

EMMALEE GARRETTDAVID VO

Apples To ApplesThe Organic Truth

Introduction to Organic

Organic

The Organic Trend

THE ORGANIC FOOD TREND CONTINUES TO GROW. BUT WHAT

IS ORGANIC FOOD?

The prices of organic food

has risen from 3.6 billion to 24.4 billion

between 1997 and 2011

Organic Food

• SCIENCE DEFINES IT AS:

FOODS WITH LIMITED AMOUNTS OF PESTICIDES OR HORMONES

MARKETERS MAKE IT OUT TO BE:

THE SAFER, MORE NUTRITOUS DIET.

Truth of the Matter: Safety

WHILE ORGANIC PRODUCTS DO CONTAIN LOWER LEVELS PESTICIDES, IT DOES NOT MAKE CONVENTIONAL PRODUCE HARMFUL BOTH ARE SECCEPTABLE

TO CONTAMINATION FDA REGULATES PREVENTION: WASHING

AND PEELING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WILL REMOVE

How Organic Is Organic?

IN RECENT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT MANY BIG BRAND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE SEVERAL “NOT SO ORGANIC” INGREDIENTS ARE APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANICS BOARD EXAMPLE: CARRAGEENAN

Truth of the Matter: Nutrition

STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE ORGANIC IS NO MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN CONVENTIONAL IN RESEARCH, ORGANIC

FOODS WERE ONLY PROVEN TO CONTAIN MORE PHOSPHRUS. AN ELEMENT WE ALREADY GAIN ENOUGH OF IN OUR REGULAR DIETS.

Tomato, Tomahto

IN A STUDY CONDUCTED ON BOTH ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL TOMATOES, ORGANICALLY PRODUCED TOMATOES HAD NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. THE TWO PRODUCED ALMOST

EQUIVILANT PHYTONUTRIENT CONTENT.

Conclusion To Organic

AS A GROUP WE HAVE DECIDED THAT ORGANIC FOOD IS: A) EQUALLY AS SAFE B) EQUALLY AS NUTRITIOUS C) TWICE THE PRICE OF

CONVENTIONAL FOODS

ORGANIC FOOD DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH “BANG FOR YOUR BUCK”