Skeptoid #19: Organic Food Myths

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2007

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It's marketed as a revolution in health and the environment, but it's better described as a counterproductive fad.

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0:00.0	The organic food fan has been explosively successful in the marketplace, persuading consumers
0:09.7	to pay up to twice as much money for the exact same product.
0:13.7	Greenwashed with some vague new age feel goods.
0:17.6	The truth is that probably not a single fact you think about organic food is true.
0:22.8	It uses more acreage and requires the application of more chemicals.
0:27.2	All for benefits that are never actually spelled out anywhere.
0:31.8	Organic food myths are today Unskeptoid.
0:41.2	Hey everyone, Brian here.
0:42.8	A quick favor.
0:44.1	We are conducting an audience survey.
0:46.6	We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.
0:50.9	This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity to make
0:54.3	the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish.
0:57.9	So please check it out.
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1:02.8	Please visit survey.prx.org slash skeptoid to take the survey today.
1:10.0	That's survey.prx.org slash SKEPTOID.
1:17.8	Thanks.
1:18.8	You're listening to Skeptoid.
1:24.9	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com, Organic Food.
1:30.8	Today we're going to put on our tie-dye shirt, grow our hair long and dirty, claim hatred
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