In the news: go organic, where's the fish, and kids aren't smart.

Someone was recently telling me about what a rip-off organic food is and there isn't any benefit to organic gardening.  I knew he was wrong.  Key findings of a 30 year study show:

•Organic yields match or surpass conventional yields.
•Organic yields outperform conventional yields in years of drought.
•Organic farming systems build rather than deplete soil organic matter, making it a more sustainable system.
•Organic farming uses 45 percent less energy and is more efficient.
•Conventional agricultural systems produce 40 percent more greenhouse gases.
•Organic farming systems are more profitable than conventional farming systems.

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An article in the LA Times (no link, annoying video ad) had this tidbit buried:

AquaBounty's proposal calls for the embryos of the fish to be sterilized in Canada before being shipped to Panama, where the males would be exposed to estrogen and sex-reversed. If the FDA rules in favor, the salmon would become the first genetically modified fish approved for human consumption.

The article was all about the fishing or fish farming industry and completely missed that these Frankenfish would expose the consumer to MORE estrogen.  Ewww.

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And why you should not tell a kid "you're smart"