Comment Re:Crazy vs. Evil (Score 3, Interesting) 571
No, no, no! Organic is NOT better for the environment. The manure used to fertilize the crops makes it take twice as much land to produce than food grown with modern techniques. This doubled land use is a disaster for the environment where every acre we can leave in as natural a state as possible matters. If everyone in the world only ate "organic" then all the rain forest (and all other forests) would have to be razed to provide enough land.
Yes, organic farms have less groundwater contamination and less pesticide run off but it's a myth that they are better for the environment.