Okay so after spending a few days thinking about what I wanted
to cover this week I decided to talk about a certain rhetoric used for
advertising, specifically the use of the word organic to describe foods. Now
most people have heard the notions that if your food is organically grown that
it means that it must be healthier than other foods, but that is not
necessarily true. The definition of organic actually means that it is a
compound that contains carbon and is ultimately of biological origin so
basically if it grows out of the ground it can be considered an organic
substance. People who produce crops and make less than $5000 a year off of the
sales of these substances are allowed to refer to them as organic without being
certified, they just are not allowed to say that it is certified. And at that
substance doesn't have to be completely hundred percent organic just 95% so 5%
of that can still be certain types of pesticides. While it is true that organic
foods do have less pesticides then most other grown foods claims that it will
reduce certain health risks are debatable and have not been scientifically
proven. Basically what I'm saying is that before you spend all your extra money
on certain “organically grown materials” you might want to check your local supermarket
for something just as good for a cheaper price, but if you feel like splurging
go ahead who am I to stop you.
Feel free to comment I want hear what you think
