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

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.

Some people already are willing to pay a lot for hand crafted, not-mass-produced objects.