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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by gambiting on Saturday September 28, 2013 @01:51PM (#6462504)
Well,but that is what "organic" food is at the moment, isn't it? Agricultural technology has developed so far that we can grow plants many times faster than with natural methods. Yet we still decide to do it for various reasons, and food grown organically is a luxury in most places, being 2-3x as expensive as its non-organic equivalent.
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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by agilebyte on Saturday September 28, 2013 @02:11PM (#6462568)
Yes absolutely. But we pay for organic food to get a more wholesome product that has (mostly) more nutrients and uses fewer artificial pesticides. I don't know what humans would bring to the table if robots can do their jobs. The human energy should be devoted to better things.
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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by gambiting on Saturday September 28, 2013 @02:34PM (#6462657)
A recent UK study ran by the government(I can find source if you'd like) found absolutely no difference in nutritional value between organic and non-organic food. Organic food might be more tasty,but if you actually look at nutritional values it is identical to non-organic food. Read as: non-organic feeds hungry people just as well.

I am not saying that organic food is pointless - heck, I buy organic onions because they taste better and I buy organic milk and chicken meat because I vaguely care about how these animals are kept. But I do not subscribe to an idea that everyone absolutely has to eat organic food. It is not only non-essential, but I think it might actually be impossible.

Edit: Found the research: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19465692

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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by agilebyte on Saturday September 28, 2013 @03:04PM (#6462754)
Thanks for the link, did not know about the non-existent nutritional value difference. Was basing my views on some earlier paper that spelled out which food was worth buying organic and which not.

30% less likely to contain pesticides is a nice positive benefit.

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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by sbov on Saturday September 28, 2013 @02:25PM (#6462614)
Some people already are willing to pay a lot for hand crafted, not-mass-produced objects.
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