Eating Organic and local is ideal, but often local growers at farmer’s markets are not certified organic because they say it’s too expensive to get certified.  Following is a high level guideline for asking the right questions.  It’s probably not enough to ask “do you use pesticides” because they may not, but they may use […]

See “Misquotes” on Rutger’s site regarding this original study.

And following are some counterpoints and counter-counterpoints:

• http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2011/07/18/mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/#comment-16
• “A Review of the Nutrition Claims Made by Proponents of Organic Food”
• http://ecochildsplay.com/2012/03/15/organic-vs-conventional-is-the-proof-is-in-the-nutrition/