GHAZALEH ASRARI ANDREW REYES-CAIRO EMMALEE GARRETT DAVID VO Apples To Apples The Organic Truth.
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Transcript of GHAZALEH ASRARI ANDREW REYES-CAIRO EMMALEE GARRETT DAVID VO Apples To Apples The Organic Truth.
GHAZALEH ASRARIANDREW REYES-CAIRO
EMMALEE GARRET TDAVID VO
Apples To ApplesThe Organic Truth
Introduction to Organic
Organic
The Organic Trend
THE ORGANIC FOOD TREND CONTINUES TO GROW. BUT WHAT
IS ORGANIC FOOD?
The prices of organic food
has risen from 3.6 billion to 24.4 billion
between 1997 and 2011
Organic Food
• SCIENCE DEFINES IT AS:
FOODS WITH LIMITED AMOUNTS OF PESTICIDES OR HORMONES
MARKETERS MAKE IT OUT TO BE:
THE SAFER, MORE NUTRITOUS DIET.
Truth of the Matter: Safety
WHILE ORGANIC PRODUCTS DO CONTAIN LOWER LEVELS PESTICIDES, IT DOES NOT MAKE CONVENTIONAL PRODUCE HARMFUL BOTH ARE SECCEPTABLE
TO CONTAMINATION FDA REGULATES PREVENTION: WASHING
AND PEELING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WILL REMOVE
How Organic Is Organic?
IN RECENT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT MANY BIG BRAND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE SEVERAL “NOT SO ORGANIC” INGREDIENTS ARE APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANICS BOARD EXAMPLE: CARRAGEENAN
Truth of the Matter: Nutrition
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE ORGANIC IS NO MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN CONVENTIONAL IN RESEARCH,
ORGANIC FOODS WERE ONLY PROVEN TO CONTAIN MORE PHOSPHRUS. AN ELEMENT WE ALREADY GAIN ENOUGH OF IN OUR REGULAR DIETS.
Tomato, Tomahto
IN A STUDY CONDUCTED ON BOTH ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL TOMATOES, ORGANICALLY PRODUCED TOMATOES HAD NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. THE TWO PRODUCED ALMOST
EQUIVILANT PHYTONUTRIENT CONTENT.
Conclusion To Organic
AS A GROUP WE HAVE DECIDED THAT ORGANIC FOOD IS: A) EQUALLY AS SAFE B) EQUALLY AS NUTRITIOUS C) TWICE THE PRICE OF
CONVENTIONAL FOODS
ORGANIC FOOD DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH “BANG FOR YOUR BUCK”