re: Organic foods. Better or scam?

So is Bittman a hack or merely serving his own agenda?

"Because the study narrowly defines “nutritious” as containing more vitamins. Dr. Dena Bravata, the study’s senior author, conceded that there are other reasons why people opt for organic (the aforementioned pesticides and bacteria chief among them) but said that if the decision between buying organic or conventional food were based on nutrients, “there is not robust evidence to choose one or the other.” By which standard you can claim that, based on nutrients, Frosted Flakes are a better choice than an apple.

But they’re not. And overlooking these key factors allows the authors to imply that there isn’t “robust” evidence to choose organic food over conventional. (Which for many people there is.) Under the convenient cover of helping consumers make informed choices, the study constructed a set of criteria that would easily allow them to cut “organic” down to size."

Seriously, FF > apple, organic or otherwise? Yeah, that is great logic. I just recalled skimming the Stanford meta study last year, didn't peer review nor tout it as gospel. Regardless, how much of the current food demand can be met by organic supply? I will say I have seen locally produced organic vegetables that I would not buy for various reasons, much like I have seen conventionally grown items I would not buy.