Arguments Against Organic Foods ------- Katie Anderson

With my topic of my research analysis focusing on the pros to eating organically grown foods and trying to be more aware of what we are putting into our bodies, the big question that arises from many is the price difference between eating organic produce or just eating healthy verses eating conventionally grown foods.  It is evident that organically grown foods do cost more than conventionally grown foods and this is because of the production process.   Many argue that it is not worth the extra cents or sometimes dollars that it costs in order to buy organic food over conventionally grown foods.   In 2010, the Mother Nature Network, which is a health foods network, states that organic carrots were thirty-nine percent more than conventionally grown carrots and organic eggs were one hundred and fifteen percent more than conventionally grown eggs.  So with this said, the price difference can vary greatly.  This is because the products and the production is more expensive when you’re growing organic foods as compared to conventional foods.  Some health conscious consumers choose to pay 40 to 120 percent more for organic foods and products while the general population still prefers to save their money and take their chances.   Others may also argue that there is a chance that soil from conventionally grown foods may run off into organic farms which will then contaminate the organic foods and this will lead people to argue that they should not buy organic foods.  The chances of this are very slim and there is really not much that organic farmers can do about this.  One way to prevent this is through the farming technique of cover crops.  This is the use of having extremely strong roots for the crops in order to avoid soil runoff.  With all of this said, there are many arguments that society will bring up against organic farming, but there is than having a couple extra dollars in my pocket.