"jacqui{JB}" > wrote in message
. dk...
> "C. James Strutz" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> > Sometimes organic vegetables taste much better
>> > and have much better taste.
>
>> This is totally wrong. Organic vegetables do NOT
>> taste any better and does not contain more nutients
>> than conventionally grown produce. The only
>> difference is that organic typically has less pesticide
>> residue.

> Perhaps you're not getting your organic vegetables in the right place,
> then.
>

I am a Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscriber. I get organic
produce directly from the farmer in weekly shipments.

> Side-by-side, the same variety of vegetables grown conventionally and
> organically are, you're right, probably much the same.

Yes, that's what I was talking about. Comparing apples to apples (pun
intended), there is no taste difference between organic and conventional.

> What I found in San
> Diego -- and what I find here in Denmark -- is that organic produce is
> often
> different varieties of the same vegetables, which are often much tastier.
> Many mass- and conventionally-produced vegetables have been bred
> specifically to ship well over long distances, retaining shape and color,
> rather than flavor and texture.

But that has nothing to do with organic standards. You are now comparing
apples to oranges. Sometimes the same stores that sell organic produce also
sell heirloom produce. Heirloom are grown from seeds that have not been bred
for pest resistance, shipping, etc. It's not necessarily the same thing as
organic (though you can get organic heirloom products).

> Whether they're better nutritionally, I have no idea. OTOH, much organic
> produce that reaches the markets in my area is locally produced, meaning
> it's fresher and more nutrients are retained in that way.

Still, there's nothing in organic standards that make produce more
nutritious or taste better. That's my whole point in this.