Organic Food

by Amy Francis (Editor)

Overview

This book positions topics about organic food in a pro and con format, so that readers can gain insight to both sides of the story. They will read about the nutritional aspect, cost, and availability of organic food, along with questions about GMOs and the harmfulness of pesticides. Source of the articles include Farmworker Justice, The New York Post, and several subject-matter experts and essayists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737771824
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	03/25/2015
Series:	At Issue Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Organic Food Is Worth the Extra Cost Brian Fung 10

2 Eating Organic Food Isn't that Much Healthier, Study Finds New York Post 14

3 Pesticides Are Poisoning the Human Population Maria Rodale 18

4 Pesticides Used on Foods Are Linked to Many Childhood Ailments Kelly Dorfman 32

5 Organic Food Still Contains Pesticides Joanne Levasseur Vera-Lynn Kubinec 39

6 Organic Food Is Nutritionally Superior Erin Smith Charles Benbrook Donald R. Davis 45

7 Organic Foods Are Not Better than Conventionally Grown Foods Morgan Bahl 50

8 Science Doesn't Support Organic Food Claims Dennis Myers 54

9 Synthetic Ingredients Should Not Be Allowed in Organic Food Jenny Hopkinson 66

10 Genetically Modified Foods Should Not Be Sold Under the Organic Label Dan Glickman Kathleen Merrigan 72

11 Big-Chain Stores Make Organic More Affordable Tracie McMillan 76

12 Mass-Produced Organic Food Threatens Organic Farming April M. Short 80

13 Pesticides Endanger Farmworkers Farmworker Justice 88

14 Workers on Organic Farms Are Not Always Paid Fairly S.E. Smith 97

Organizations to Contact 101

Bibliography 107

Index 113