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    Organic farming avoids synthetic pesticides and utilizes crop rotation, which is better for soil health but reduces crop yields. While organic pesticides may be less harmful, all pesticides can be harmful. Organic meat production is usually better for animal welfare as it provides more space and prevents overcrowding and cruelty involved in conventional confinement operations. However, organic produce is not necessarily more nutritious than conventional. Overall, organic practices are generally better for soil, animals and reducing antibiotic resistance, though yields are lower.

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    Organic farming avoids synthetic pesticides and utilizes crop rotation, which is better for soil health but reduces crop yields. While organic pesticides may be less harmful, all pesticides can be harmful. Organic meat production is usually better for animal welfare as it provides more space and prevents overcrowding and cruelty involved in conventional confinement operations. However, organic produce is not necessarily more nutritious than conventional. Overall, organic practices are generally better for soil, animals and reducing antibiotic resistance, though yields are lower.

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    Organic farming avoids synthetic pesticides and utilizes crop rotation, which is better for soil health but reduces crop yields. While organic pesticides may be less harmful, all pesticides can be harmful. Organic meat production is usually better for animal welfare as it provides more space and prevents overcrowding and cruelty involved in conventional confinement operations. However, organic produce is not necessarily more nutritious than conventional. Overall, organic practices are generally better for soil, animals and reducing antibiotic resistance, though yields are lower.

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    Benefits of Organic

    Foods
    What does the term “organic” mean?
    Generally, agricultural products are produced one of
    two ways: conventionally and organically. Each
    country has its own definition, but the word
    “organic” is a blanket term for crops grown without
    the use of synthetic pesticides, among other things.

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    Is organic better than conventional?
    Usually, yes, but not always! Although organically
    produced products are not grown with synthetic
    pesticides, that doesn’t mean that pesticides aren’t
    used altogether, and some natural pesticides can be
    harmful.

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    Is organic better than conventional? (2)
    Organic farming also takes up much more space and
    makes it much more difficult to feed the growing
    population because it often utilizes crop rotation.
    Although being better for the soil and the end-user,
    crop rotation drags down the farm’s overall crop
    output.

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    Is organic better than conventional? (3)
    However, organically produced products are much
    healthier for the consumer. Generally, natural
    pesticides are less harmful, and organic farming is
    more sustainable, soil-wise.

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    Benefits of conventional methods
    Conventionally produced agricultural products take
    up far less space and are more efficient, and employ
    strategies that act faster than those of organic
    methods.

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    Side by side comparison. Note: This only concerns agricultural products.
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    What about the pesticides?
    Pesticides, natural or not, can be harmful, as they
    put strain on your internal organs. There will always
    be exceptions, but generally, pesticides will be
    harmful, and both methods can leave residue on
    their produce.

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    What about other products like meat?
    This is where organic *usually* has the “upper
    hand.” While conventional methods are much
    cheaper and faster, they’re engineered to be as
    efficient as possible. This leaves little room for
    animal comfort and has led to many cases of animal
    cruelty.

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    What about other products like meat? (2)
    One of the methods that conventional farmers use
    is called “force feeding.” This process can involve
    using machinery to forcefully feed food to animals
    to make them grow larger.

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    What about other products like meat? (2)
    To further increase profits, farmers often confine
    their animals in extremely tight spaces, with little to
    no room to roam, and always make sure they have
    food. Many do not ever see the sun.

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    Preventing disease and resistances
    Because in conventional methods animals are so
    close together, disease is commonplace. To solve
    this issue, the food is combined with many, many
    antibiotics. This may have worked out okay in the
    past, but now there is a threat of superbugs.

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    Preventing disease and resistances (2)
    Organic methods do not fuel antibiotic resistances.
    Disease is rare because animals have much more
    space to roam around and live much healthier lives.
    This is one of the biggest pros for organic livestock.

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    Preventing disease and resistances (3)
    When animals *are* moved indoors, they are
    provided with clean housing and are given a healthy
    diet that usually consists of organically-grown
    produce! All of these factors combine to
    dramatically slow antibiotic resistance.

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    Side by side comparison between organic and conventional.
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    Is organic food better for you?
    Organic produce doesn’t matter as much as other
    organic products; what matters most is the kind of
    nutrients you’re getting, not how it’s produced, but
    buying organic meat can have a beneficial impact for
    the animals and for yourself.

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    Works cited
    https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/orga
    nic-foods.htm
    https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/heres-scoop-c
    hemical-organic-fertilizers (Case Study)
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC56589
    84/
    https://www.aspca.org/shopwithyourheart/advocate-re
    sources/usda-organic-label-and-farm-animal-welfare
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