Argument Essay: The Price Of Organic Food

Organic foods are not worth the money pedestrians put into buying them. Organic foods are seen to be healthier but more costly for people who purchase them.  Organic foods prices should go down.  Many people refuse to buy organic produce because it costs too much leading to the produce going bad. Organic foods are not worthwile. 

Organic foods are in different sections than other produce is.  Only a small percent of people believe organic foods are truly organic.  “Only about 40% of Gen Xers believe that organic is organic, Mintel found. And about half of all consumers think labeling something organic is just an excuse to charge more.” (lazarus).  Many believe that they are being scammed out of there money because they don't believe that the labels are actually organic. Many believe that the organic food is good for you, but they also believe that the amount of pesticides and all the chemicals will let your body be immune to them. “What you’re paying for, presumably, is a more healthful diet. ” (lazarus). At the end of the day what it boils down to is that people charge way too much for organic foods. Not only is it bad for you because of how much it  costs,but many don't believe that the organic food is one hundred percent true. 

When people buy produce they don't know what they are really buying but they continue to buy it.  Not everything written on labels are true.Many believe that organic food is good for you, but they also believe that the amount of pesticides and all the chemicals will let your body be immune to them. “What you’re paying for, presumably, is a more healthful diet. That means produce that hasn’t been drenched in pesticides, chicken and beef that hasn’t been pumped full of antibiotics, milk with even more nutritional value.” (lazarus). When people buy produce they don't know what they are really buying.  Many organic foods are only forty-five percent organic, but are portrayed to be completely organic.   “For instance, organic fruits, vegetables and other crops must not have been treated with synthetic fertilizers, certain pesticides or sewage sludge. Meat, eggs and milk must come from animals that have been raised according to specific health and welfare standards. Also, farmers may not treat these animals with antibiotics or growth hormones and must raise them on organic feed”(cernansky). For the food to be organic it has to be cared for and raised correctly. Many believe that organic foods are good for individuals.  

Many people believe that organic foods are good for mankind but they are inaccurate because they don't take into consideration all the things that could be in the foods and or produce they buy. “Charles Benbrook is an agricultural economist at Washington State University in Pullman. He also was an author of the British Journal of Nutrition study. And he is quick to point out that his team’s analysis does not mean all organic foods are more nutritious.”(cernansky). Many of the food can be organic but there is that slight possibility that maybe human kind is buying fake produce. 

Are organic foods good for people? Organic foods are over priced. Many of the produce is not actually organic. Many think that the produce is good but it is not actually good for the haman body because it is not made of things good for the human body. Organic foods are not good for the human body.