Does organic fruits have pesticides?!
Does organic fruits have pesticides?
I was just wondering if they do because organic food is pretty expensive and there has to be a reason why.
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It's quite possible for several reasons. First off, most plants have some type of insect resistance built right into them. Examples would be the sulfur compounds found in cabbages, broccoli, onions, garlic etc., the nicotinoids found in green leafy vegetables, alkaloids in the belladonna group (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes).
'Organic' farmers are legally allowed to use quite a few chemicals on their crops and maintain their 'organic' pesticide free labeling! Here's the link to the EPA approved organic pesticides:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopestici...
'Organic' is largely a marketing scam! The laws regarding use of the term 'organic' have been set so lax that the term is meaningless. The extra cost is almost entirely in the form of extra profit for the grocer, wholesaler and farmer. There IS an average 1/3 reduction in crop yields in 'organic' fields vs. 'conventional' fields but it's fairly easy to see that the disparity in price is much higher than that.
If you want to pay attention to something really interesting look at the country of origin for most 'organic' produce
Organic originally meant locally grown produce using a minimum of chemicals. The reason for this was partly to reduce the use of persistent pesticides (almost all of which are no longer used anyway!) but was also to cut back on the use of fossil fuels to ship foods all over the planet (frequently by jet). 'Organic' doesn't meet those standards!
It's more important to buy locally sourced produce 'organic' or not. The days of produce dripping in persistent toxins like DDT or Chlordane have been gone for decades.
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No, it doesn't have pesticides. Yes, that is why it's so expensive--well, partly. I think it has more to do with the supply and demand of organic food. People want it and there's not much of it so they can charge a higher price for it.
I believe the organic farming method is is bit more time consuming and involved than traditional farming so that may be another reason for the higher price.
No, that is part of the speciality of organics. They are grown in soils without man-made fertilizers or additives, just maybe some unprocessed animal manure to increase growth and "natural" ways to control garden pests such as ladybugs and bees so no pesticides are used or deposited on the plants or produce
no, that's why it's organic. it's more expensive because it's harder and more labor intensive to grow without pestisides. with pestisides you just spray it, water it, and harvest it.
organic means all natural... there are no chemicals used at all no chemical pesticides no chemcial fertalizers
technically they do. But the pesticide formula used is also organic rather than a chemical that can be harmful.
No pesticides or waxes.
Organic foods are expensive because they have a short shelf life. The processing is very labor intensive.
In a few days, it has to go from the fields to the markets. If it takes any longer, the bug eggs that are under the skin will hatch and the produce will get dehydrated.
No. Sure, some could blow across the street from a neighbour's chemical farm, but generally speaking, no.
But of course, the word "pesticides" in the way you use is referring to chemical harmful pesticides, but of course anything that keeps the pests away could be called a pesticide, even if it's totally natural and harmful to humans or the environment. There are all sorts of organic pesticides that are fully natural.
This is not the reason organic food is so expensive. Don't forget, just a short time ago, all food was organic -- chemicals had not even been invented yet for use in agriculture... The reason organic food costs more is because so very few farms are growing organic food, and usually they are small family operations. Not only this, but the people who buy such organic foods from the farmers jack the price up terribly and market it as a speciality product. In the long run, it's actually cheaper to produce organic food if you incur all the costs including the costs of poor health, polluted environment, costs of chemicals, etc. Organic food are also expensive because they are coming from other countries and import and transport fees raise the costs -- fees fees fees. Your local organic food goes to another country while you eat the food from yet another country. Americans are eating food from Mexico and Canada, Canadians are eating food from the USA, ... and on it goes... That's international trade for ya.
We grow much of our own food and it's all organically grown... it's easy, cheap, and no need for pesticides at all... We get it fresh from our backyard... we put say $100 in (making a garden from scratch) and get $1000s out, plus it's fresh, we know all about where it came from, we grow all sorts of interesting stuff, different each year, that people have never heard of and are definitely not available to buy anywhere.... it's great.
Read Masanobu Fukuoka's book The One Straw Revolution and you'll find out all about food and it should be grown.