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Organic, Shmorganic? Why the Stanford study isn’t enough.

By Anne Radcliffe February 17, 2014

I bet you saw one of the rehashes of the Stanford University paper in the news that said there was no point eating organic, because it wasn’t any healthier.

Let’s talk.

I love science and all, but I’ve discovered that scientists have started to make certain headlines to get attention and funding. It’s as bad as the news, preaching disaster to sell papers. Sad state of affairs, but this is the reality of things these days.

Because people come up to me and cite the headline of the Stanford organic study study as the whole, complete reason why organic food is a waste of money, well, I’m going to weigh in with my two cents.

Author Anne Radcliffe

Anne usually speaks in memes and SAT words, and she frequently attempts to explain the laws of physics and high school chemistry according to the kitchen via her home blog FoodRetro. If you want to know why ice melts or pretzels turn brown, and you want to make food that you never imagined could be made from scratch in the process, she's your blogger. Her friends describe her as "hilarious when you get to know her," but it could be that they are just amused by the way she gets riled up when reading the paper. She can also be found playing the part of community editor and grammar nazi here on BLUNTmoms.