Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence

Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by spirit555 on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:03PM (#11155919)

> Organic crops tend to be exposed to higher levels of stress — including insect attacks, Seal says. And in response, they form compounds to help combat the stress.

I wonder then... what about indoor grows using organic methods that are bug free and stress free with all variables controlled for optimum conditions.

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by swe on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:21PM (#11156001)

You still get bugs inside

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by spirit555 on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:44PM (#11156102)

Yes they definitely can and I've battled them indoors myself but I'm thinking about the real high end grows that make the chances extremely low for pest invasion. Or any indoor grow in theory that doesn't happen to have a bug problem where things like humidity, temp, watering, airflow, air quality, feeding etc. are all controlled for "optimum" growing conditions. Is it really optimum after all

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by glibgil on Monday February 22, 2016 @09:40PM (#11156080)

No, there are cleanroom indoor farms. No bugs.

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by whyenot on Monday February 22, 2016 @10:06PM (#11156194)

Unless you are sterilizing everything entering the cleanroom, that is simply not possible. Fungal spores, bacteria, and viruses are everywhere. If one of your workers is a smoker, they can spread Tobacco Mosaic Virus, for example.

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by glibgil on Monday February 22, 2016 @10:24PM (#11156269)

Yep, that's what a cleanroom is. I know what words mean, thanks http://imgur.com/EYm8jyn

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by greglindahl on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @01:38AM (#11157025)

Clean rooms are not perfectly clean. I've always wondered if Intel, which is famous for wanting all of their fab cleanrooms to be the same, also infects them with the same bacteria and mites...

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Re:Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds to the Evidence by glibgil on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @04:41PM (#11162578)

> Clean rooms are not perfectly clean

Yeah, but they are still clean and known as cleanrooms. I know about microbes, thanks

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