"Over the past decade, scientists have begun conducting sophisticated comparisons of foods grown in organic and conventional farming systems. They're finding that not all apples (or tomatoes, kiwis, or milk) are equal, especially when in comes to nutrient and pesticide levels. How farmers grow their crops affects, sometimes dramatically, not only how nutritious food is but also how safe it is to eat. It may well be that a federal food policy that fails to acknowledge the connection between what happens on the farm and the healthfulness of foods is enough to make a nation sick."

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/81773/?page=entire

Even organic ketchup is more nutritious than the conventionally produced stuff: http://www.realage.com/ct/tips/2628

Maybe the government should shift a few of the billions of dollars of corn subsidies to organic farming.

Meanwhile my monster phal blooms again before I can repot it:



And the first peregrine falcon egg has hatched in Cleveland:



http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php