If Organic Food Was Honest - Honest Ads

If organic food farms were honest, here's what they'd tell you about "eating clean"
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[@adamestrada7610]

As someone who used to work for a food manufacturer who made USDA certified "organic" food, I can definitely confirm that when the USDA reps came, they literally just accept self-reported data without even inspecting the facilities. Easiest payday ever for those guys.

[@soliniv1411]

Well they probably dont have money to run the usda properly so we're screwed 😂

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

@@soliniv1411 They have money, but the political lobbyists are too powerful. That's why, for example, dairy is still on the USDA recommended diet even though medical studies demonstrate that dairy is, on the whole, bad for you.

[@TheElusiveReality]

​@@Unknown-jt1jothey still have some parents thinking their children have to drink 3 glasses of milk a day, it's wild

[@aliensoup2420]

@@Unknown-jt1jo It is already widely understood that the government promoted "Food Pyramid" is a farce, and should be inverted. Grains and starchy carbs are now the worst thing you can eat.

[@ultralightcam6963]

Thats so messed up😡 they hiring?👀

[@matthiasmortier3627]

"Organic poison is still poison". Exactly. When a snake bites your leg, you don't say "No worries, it's organic!".

[@simeonellinger2064]

That's venom tho, not poison.

[@matthiasmortier3627]

@@simeonellinger2064 my bad. Same point though.

[@garethbaus5471]

A lot of organic pesticides are actually more dangerous for humans than the conventional standard.

[@garethbaus5471]

​@@simeonellinger2064 Cyanide.

[@amazonjunglez1188]

​@@garethbaus5471How so,can you explain? I really would love to know this because I'm already terrified of the food industries and their shenanigans

[@MetalWolfz]

I also despise how people equate "all natural" with good and "artificial" with bad. Cyanide is all natural

[@gmgz]

So is radium and radon

[@polreamonn]

@@gmgz And uranium.

[@The_Darke_Lorde]

​@@gmgzArsenic Mercury (Liquid Metal Element) Both are totally natural, yet they're both well known poisons.

[@closethockeyfan5284]

All natural has long been shown a hoax, for sure

[@The_Darke_Lorde]

​@@gmgzMeanwhile, steel, an almost completely manmade object, is a high quality alloy with a vigintillion and one applications. So are vaccines.

[@empiricalsmut9419]

Bonus points if the organic packaging has brand names like "Ol' Trusty Luke's Family Farm", in lowercase handwritten font, with earthy color pallets, and the "story" of the company on the back, signed "Your Friend, Trusty Luke"

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Then watch Not-Just-Bikes and Edenicity who are not-dimwitted but actually-helping-theplanet

[@tonythetigersmuggler8770]

Can confirm, I worked in a heath food grocery store for two years and got to really see behind the curtain on the food and everything Roger says is spot on . It used to crack me up to see people buying nothing but junk food while thinking they’re being healthy and ethical cuz of a label and price. Those places are basically pretentious grocery stores for upper middle class people to feel superior.

[@BeaverChainsaw]

The fancy restaurants in California I’ve been to basically just use “organic” to decorate the menu description, at marked-up price of course

[@M60A3]

I mean on one hand, in conventional agriculture we use pesticides when necessary but its expensive to buy, On the other hand, in organic farming, they burn a lot of diesel because they use weeder so many times

[@Fx_-]

Yea junk food and diet... understood. But organic food does not contain glyphosate... which is 100% proven to kill your gut microbiome bacteria and cause immune dyseregulations over time. So for example, for people who actually keep track and maintain a healthy longevity diet... organic is needed. You can joke yourself into whatever ignorant low iq type of nutrition boomer farmers trick you into eating. But everything I do is backed by a lot of research. Meta studies etc. Did you know around 1990s they started overusing glyphosate where it was sprayed even right before picking... so it would not have time to wash off. At the same time autoimmune disorders sky rocket. However, too much money is made relative to who can link it for lawsuits. Watching you all is literally like watching cattle on a farm being fed shit ...just enough to be wage slaves.

[@profanitymanatee4039]

Yeah, that is a serious problem of people thinking something is "healthy", just because it's vegan or organic or something. Like oreos are literally vegan.

[@rowenatalie29]

😮

[@ktm42080]

I spent years helping with my uncle's dairy farm. It wasn't "organic" but it was small, the cows were vaccinated and treated very well. It was on the top end in grading, meaning it was kept pretty spotless and the big names bought milk from him. We didn't need fancy terminology or buzzwords, just honest cleanliness.

[@1who4me]

Yes but that’s one dude with one farm. Now try doing that as a corporation with hundreds of farms. Ya gonna cut some edges

[@camillabuch4655]

Cool you worked at a dairy farm too! Lets gooooooo!!!!

[@justawfulgamer7738]

​@@1who4meexactly why everyone should support small farmers

[@elenabob4953]

But "organic" foods are such a cult now that they need to pass many arbitrary hurdles if they want to sell those products as organic.

[@leviahimsa]

Isn't cows milk for baby cows?

[@icedriver2207]

LOL "Organic poison is still poison" Best line ever

[@mikespangler98]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Α-Amanitin Case in point. Totally organic. See also; Atropine occurs naturally in a number of plants of the nightshade family, including deadly nightshade (belladonna), Jimson weed, and mandrake. Then there is the foxglove plant which contains a cardiac glycosides, particularly one called digoxin, extracted from various plants of this genus. Foxglove has medicinal uses but is also very toxic to humans and other animals, and consumption can even lead to death. Then Lily of the Valley, "Roughly 38 different cardiac glycosides (cardenolides) - which are highly toxic if consumed by humans or animals - occur in the plant, " Organic does not equal safe to eat.

[@danielkokal8819]

petroleum is organic.

[@Darknimbus3]

@@danielkokal8819Hah! Technically yes! Hydrocarbons = organic lol

[@brucewayne4585]

It's not accurate though. Capsaicin (the spiciness in chili peppers) is an organic pesticide. Yes it is a poison to some creatures, but it is not comparable to lead arsenate (which is now banned but used to be used extensively)

[@troymartinez3923]

Yes!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesburleson1916]

The funniest one I ever saw was organic maple syrup. Literally the only difference was the paperwork and the absence of the dairy derived anti-foaming agent used in exceedingly small quantities to control bubbles during the boiling process. It cost twice as much as the normal stuff.

[@draikairion]

Hey I bet if they marked it "vegan" for not having the dairy-derived foam, they could have charged triple! 😂😂😂

[@maryg1338]

I understand that there is fraud, however, the crap that the USA allows to produce food is banned in most of Europe.

[@PhalisoBringerOfDoom]

That really has more to do with the Canadian maple cartel than the organic label itself

[@kyltredragmire4939]

​@@PhalisoBringerOfDoomThe Canadian what now?!

[@canadiannomad4088]

It's unfortunately a real thing.

[@richardbranton190]

I actually have a friend that worked at an organic farm. He goes to large commercial farms and buys vegetables then takes them to farmers markets and sells them. He tells everyone that they are organic and that they are grown on the farm he works on. People would actually tell him how much better his vegetables were than the vegetables at the grocery store and they were the exact same as the ones at the grocery store. He finally got caught and lost his job over it but he did it for years

[@murphygay7606]

wow i was just about to say going to a local farmers market and getting to know the farmers themselves was a good idea, but now i guess you have to visit the farm 2

[@Metal_Master_YT]

huh, I mean, that financially makes sense since you could sell it at a higher price, but still, the placebo effect here is crazy xD

[@jameswoodard4304]

That's a friend of yours? Is he still a friend?

[@ahtoshkaa]

@@jameswoodard4304 Are you implying that scamming pretentious idiots who want to overpay to feel morally superior is bad?

[@jameswoodard4304]

@@ahtoshkaa , Everyone who commits fraud or scams excuses themselves by pointing to the stupidity, complicity, or other moral failing of their marks. Are you implying that they are right? It is possible for two people to be jackasses at the same time.

[@WastedTalent-]

You guys should do a commercial about farmer's markets. They're supposed to be local farmers selling their own crops but a lot of people buy wholesale produce and sell it there.

[@WelcomeApathy]

Hell, the ones near me are selling less and less food in general. More and more of the stalls are various MLM products. It's ridiculous.

[@seanbailey8545]

You should check out the dude who makes a living buying Pies from Walmart and selling slices of them for $10 at farmers markets.

[@seanbailey8545]

You should check out the dude who makes a living buying Pies from Walmart and selling slices of them for $10 at farmers markets.

[@seanbailey8545]

You should check out the dude who makes a living buying Pies from Walmart and selling slices of them for $10 at farmers markets.

[@seanbailey8545]

You should check out the dude who makes a living buying Pies from Walmart and selling slices of them for $10 at farmers markets.

[@ShermanT.Potter]

I was a certified organic corn and soybean producer for a few years. The paperwork/certifiers are insane/ineffective. When you sell a load of corn for example, you need to have an "audit trail", which consists of the field record stating how many bushels were harvested, the bin register showing when the crop was put in the bin and how much on that day, a lot number for the load to be sold, an off farm transportation cleaning affadavit to show the semi was cleaned before organic use, and a bill of lading. But none of that matters, as the certifiers don't come out at harvest time to estimate yields, so you literally could mix in chemically raised corn in your bin, and alter the paperwork. I didn't do that, but someone in my state did, I think they did over a million dollars worth of it. A certifier writing down on the paperwork that I used herbicides by my house, when it is a MILE AWAY from the organic fields. An arbitrary "crop buffer" of 25ft. when organic crops are raised by chemically treated crops, when volatility can send herbicide a much greater distance than that. The ability to plant "non-gmo non-organic" seed, but only if you fill out a form showing you attempted to get those varieties in organic (which might not even exist), then they just put pressure on you to use organic seed, but as far as I remember there wasn't any repercussions. I could get into the environmental aspects of burning insane amounts of diesel fuel for organic weed control, and soil loss due to wind blowing soil away during tillage, but that would make this post even longer. Glad I did it for a life experience, but I'm glad I don't do it any longer.

[@Mudwolf]

Was going to comment about working the soil to death and the crazy amount of diesel you burn when not using chemicals to keep weeds down. And that buffer zone... the neighbors spray there hazelnut orchard floor and trees even by plane literally 50ft. From the crops growing on the organic farm I work on.

[@ZealotOfSteal]

Fascinating read. As far as I know conventional farming tills the soil as well. So wouldn't soil blowing away be an issuue there as well? Is there a difference in method of tilling?

[@nirorit]

Yeah I’m bot reading that… Formatting please

[@joshuakarr-BibleMan]

​@@nirorit It's not that hard. The sentences are manageable, and break frequently ebough to read like a conversational anecdote would.

[@williamrussell2353]

​@@ZealotOfStealMany conventional farmers use 'no=till' planting. The seed is planted right in the debris from the last crop.

[@ennuiblue4295]

Why is Roger the coolest Edgelord of every generation? 🥰

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Roger Horton is simply an omnipresent force of nature

[@meursault7030]

Because, for whatever reason, being knowledgeable is starting to be seen as being an edgelord. Because reality isn't pleasant, I guess

[@testtalon]

​@@meursault7030 Let's not forget the term "hater". Were developing a lovely plethora of dismissive terms for thinking

[@ennuiblue4295]

​@@meursault7030that's why I said it, out of respect.

[@ivanramirez1027]

Because Roger is NOT an edge lord; he’s so many tiers above Chad.

[@samuski36]

I grew up on a farm where 90% of everything we ate we grew and raised ourselves. We used both commercial and natural fertilizer (compost), we saved all our chicken pig and cow poop and use it. I can tell you this for certain: All the food I grew up eating was far higher quality and tasted far better than anything you can get in a grocery store today.

[@BrBill]

You got to have it at peak freshness and without being shipped, too. That would have also made a lot of difference.

[@longdongmc.johnson]

does that say something about the food, or is it more if a nostalgic childhood memory? you always hear people say that the food/tv/music/whatever was better when they were young. sounds more like people missing the time they were young, and projecting it in other things.

[@ogrehaslayers605]

Growing anything yourself, and consuming it before it's been refrigerated/shipped, etc ... Is why it tasted better

[@emilvennerberg4927]

Do you have that measured and quantified? or is it just a combination of childhood nostalgia and the fact that the product could be consumed earlier than if it was first shipped to a store and then bought?

[@invisalats841]

​@emilvennerberg4927 I got some fresh local chicken from my grocery store. It wasn't organic. It took on the flavor of seasonings extremely well as it was never frozen. The funny thing is I've had the same experience with frozen meat but it had been properly packaged and didn't spend weeks in the freezer. Freshness is key. Proper knowledge on preparing meat for cooking is very useful. Under exposure to peanuts at a young age has lead to an explosive increase in peanut allergies. The last one just a fun fact lol. I don't buy organic for most things. In fact other than the HEB organic breakfast bars(knock off nutri-grain bars) which taste delicious I typically don't even care if it's organic or not given the lack of regulation and the lack of scientific evidence. I do know diseased animals make for poor eating, and diseased crops are the same. I am against the over abundance of high fructose corn syrup in nearly anything the can use it in as a sweetener... it's in nearly everything, including some breads lol

[@rebwarwar5184]

Guy who hauled the treated sewage for wheat farmers said he would always tell the idots from Seattle " You shit we spread , send it back in your bread " Love it 😅

[@rebeccahicks2392]

"And yuppies love that. For some reason." He doesn't buy into it himself, but he knows what sells! This old farmer is also a good businessman.

[@BS-detector]

If you want truly organic fruits and vegetables, you have to grow them yourself. Big corporations ruin everything.

[@SiriusMined]

The term doesn't mean anything

[@blondey3261]

sadly, most people don't have any space to grow any foods and people who do grow their own food don't always know what is in their soil before they start growing. You could be eating forever chemicals from your old garden.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@BLAQFiniks]

@@blondey3261 with current environmental pollution you cannot escape PFAS or other harmful things, yet it's still better to at least try to consume less of those 😜 [Edit] Couple of containers to garden can be held even without balconies 👍

[@hobotify]

I grow most of the fruits and vegetables i eat myself in my garden. And even i use synthetic pesticides, otherwise the produce would just end up rotting on the trees and in the ground.

[@AT-rk5fv]

Please never stop doing this. It's some of the best education I can offer to my kids.

[@MonkeyMind7905]

“Ohh, here’s a yuppie now…” I wish Roger had a ringtone 😂😂

[@theacidtonguedconservative3865]

Use a downloading service to extract the audio portion of the video. Download a free utility that can trim audio files. Save to phone. Set as ringtone.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@TheCharleseye]

@@VeganSemihCyprus33 Spam bot detected...and reported.

[@TheVersipelis]

As a personal organic farmer and a former HazMat technician, I would much rather have BT (a harmless bacteria) sprayed on my vegetables than a repeated application of organophosphates to control caterpillars. I’d rather use harmless DE to control bugs than benzene ring organophosphates. My preferred fertilizer is bat guano and not the slightly radioactive phosphates.

[@mikediatalevi2365]

Some great lines in this video: Our cheese balls were hand poofed by artisan elves up in the Keebler tree. So you'll feel like Popeye. And my favorite: You'll feel like Captain God damn planet!

[@zach464]

Roger Horton needs to do If Financial Advisors and Wall Street were honest

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Hell yeah!

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

That would be almost too awful. Roger is so savage with organic foods (a relatively minor scam). Can you imagine how he'd rip into the financial industry, which bilks people out of tens of billions of dollars every year?

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@theivanivanka]

I'm so happy that Roger got his own channel, it's the only channel that keeps my sanity

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@NoHomerS]

What happened to Cracked anyway?

[@Attmay]

@@NoHomerS when Mad Magazine folded, there was nothing left for them to rip off.

[@joeb9645]

​@@NoHomerSCracked was bought out by a media group that gutted the budgets and that cost them Daniel O'Brian, Cody Johnston and most of the senior editors.. so the quality tanked hard.

[@Louie.Oxford]

​@@NoHomerSthey have become 2013 Buzzfeed

[@AxisSpark]

The only best way to go organic is if you have your own garden, and I would absolutely recommend it if its possible where you are. Hell, it doesn't even have to be organic really, it's more a matter of knowing exactly what's going into your produce. Not to mention it tastes leagues better fresh off the plant! As an added bonus, if you become experienced enough after the startup cost of resources, continuous runs often come out cheaper than what you'd be paying since you can reuse the seeds from the last batch and just get another bag or two of fertilizer every now and then to maintain soil quality. PS, if you opt in for composting, which I would totally recommend, see about the Black Soldier Fly and if it's natural to your area. They are some of the best decomposers in their larvae state, and as a fly they are 100% harmless since they drink nectar and pollen, which also makes them an excellent pollinator in addition to being incapable of biting! They also have a TON of additional benefits such as bait and animal feed.

[@BLAQFiniks]

I installed small composter last year - I do have ton of those fly larvae in there, they're crawling & eating so ferociously I can hear them when opening the lid 😂

[@melindaedgington9925]

I have chickens. They are great at making fertilizer. I also compost because I love the worms.

[@Carguylogan]

I tried to grow just Basil, in a warm climate and couldn't keep it alive...

[@melissam4954]

I second this! After finding out how easy it is to grow cucumbers in my climate, I'm definitely avoiding store bought.

[@Hardin9]

Bait? What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[@woodandwheelz]

I've always said that if you want true "organic" food, grow it yourself.

[@jswhosoever4533]

Yup

[@user-xh9df4sg1n]

Still not "organic" 😊

[@jswhosoever4533]

@@user-xh9df4sg1n 🤨yes it is...if you use heirloom seed and no chemicals anyway

[@woodandwheelz]

@@user-xh9df4sg1n How is it "Still not "organic"" if you don't use any chemicals in your own garden? Grown from your own seeds (i.e. Heirloom or other not store bought seeds). And no, I don't trust Wal-Mart when they write Heirloom on the package.

[@TruCloudGaming]

@@jswhosoever4533 I mean water is a chemical. The line of what is a chemical and what isn't is completely arbitrary.

[@stephencoleman3578]

I worked for an "organic," and famous free range chicken ranch. I had to sign a non disclosure to be accepted as an employee. There was no free range and the feed wasn't organic. It was just another ordinary factory farm. The owners made a pile of money. There were never any inspections.

[@rm3141593]

That's rather sad. Looks like cheaters do win. Really bad karma though.

[@saintinlower48]

I wish you could say who, but don’t.

[@smokeymcpot1799]

@@rm3141593 when our government is full of cheaters, who is going to hold businesses accountable? We have to fix the root of the problem.

[@DaytonaBleach]

That’s sad to hear. I just bought organic free range eggs and was hoping the chickens were treated better, as I know it has the same nutrients as non organic eggs.

[@smokeymcpot1799]

@@DaytonaBleach Research the farms specifically. Go to local farmers markets, local farms that accept walk ins and politely ask questions. Watch out for people selling conventional eggs (and other things) at farmers markets. It really is unfortunate that we have to go to measures like these to get good quality food. But that is your best bet.

[@russbear31]

At 3:07 he might be referring to a famous organic fraud case that happened near me. Long story short: A nearby farmer was busted about 5 years ago running an organics scam. He was hauling in $300 million each year by labeling everything "organic," even though it wasn't. He hung himself rather than face federal prison and bankruptcy.

[@Dr.Warren]

As someone with a PhD and BS in Horticulture he is 100% accurate. Organic is a buzz word used to get people to pay more for groceries and requires more inputs and resources than traditional agriculture.

[@Masterr59]

Except maybe his claim that cancer has been on the decrease over the last 200 years. Not claiming it's the synthetic pesticides, just that it's a very misleading statement. You cannot look around a crowd and be convinced millennials and gen-z are healthier than how their grandparents were at the same age. Longevity has increased because of all the pills that can be prescribed to keep the people edging along, even though their health sucks.

[@robw3610]

​@@Masterr59While I don't disagree, this overlooks significant diet and lifestyle differences between us and our parents and grandparents. On average people are living more sedentary lifestyles, and cooking for ourselves less, and eating highly processed foods. The health and obesity crisis is a multifaceted and complex issue, and in the grand scheme of things, natural vs artificial poisons and fertilizer matters very little in the grand scheme of things.

[@ZealotOfSteal]

@@Masterr59 we use a lot less mercury, asbestos and lead nowadays. Plus better PPE, at least in first world countries. Health and safety is tedious, but even just better ventilation can make a huge difference to long term health of workers in factories.

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

​@@robw3610you must have bought your PhD if you can't understand how glyphosate and the new mR-NA pesticides are dangerous...... Clown

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

​@@ZealotOfStealexactly - we've supposedly got rid of all the poisons now havnt we ..... How come cancer is through the roof rn now and hen you clown ?? You literally point it out but still don't see it!!! 🤣👍🤡

[@yuritahdid1475]

When he said "you'll feel like Captain Gdddamn Planet at the checkout isle" I lost it! I love this guy 💯

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

"Morally superior" did it for me ! 😂😂

[@thejulianleeshow]

It such a relief that companies always tell nothing but the complete truth about the product’s they sell.

[@hobbyguy4640]

I see what you did there 🤣

[@freespirit1975]

One of your best expose's yet. As a geologist I find it humorous that people believe 'synthetic' N-P-K fertilizer (good ol' 10-10-10 or 13-13-13) is "bad" and "organic" phosphate rock fertilizer is "good." The geologic fact is, mined phosphate rock is made of calcium phosphate. Phosphate rock deposits are ancient ocean deposits that precipitated out of sea water. It's what most of Florida sits on. Since sea water contains minerals and 1% of that is uranium, and since the atomic radius of uranium is very close to that of calcium, uranium will substitute for calcium in the atomic structure of the mineral. In other words, natural phosphate rock is naturally radioactive to some degree. In fact, the heavy use of phosphate rock to fertilize tobacco and the decay of the uranium to polonium which attaches to the leaves is the reason tobacco smoke is radioactive and therefore carcinogenic. However, during the production of synthetic fertilizers, the process removes nearly all of the radiation from the phosphate rock ore. This explains the large mounds of radioactive byproduct tailings from fertilizer plants that are between Orlando and Tampa. They are called Gypsum Stacks. They can't be used for anything (at least not yet) because the EPA considers them too radioactive.

[@yannick7230]

Tobacco smoke is incredibly carcinnogenic anyway, I doubt the trace amount of radioactivity makes it much worse.

[@nerfherder4284]

Chemical fertilizers come in a liquid form that is sprayed on crops, usually in excess, and when it rains that excess runs off into rivers and streams and causes serious problems. Stick to rocks.

[@freespirit1975]

There are thousands of chemicals in tobacco smoke. I am not a huge believer in the carcinogenicity of most chemicals. Rather, I think the background radiation we are surrounded by and radiated by is largely responsible for the odd malignancy forming. In fact I think that is the main driver of evolution. There is a study about cigarettes and cancer which stated that the tar in cigarettes, tended to collect at the bifurcations of the bronchial tubes as they spread out in the lung, and the polonium daughter products in the tobacco would stick there to the tar and radiate the tissue with alpha particles, eventually forming a malignancy. @@yannick7230

[@SovietReunionYT]

This is quite fascinating!

[@dwaynezilla]

​​@@yannick7230exactly, and while people think of radiation causing cancer (and it does), chemical carcinogens are so much worse. Different magnitude of cancer risk.

[@nathancamara6285]

"Organic poison is still poison." Love that line

[@slyngn7847]

Feels like a parallel to Quark saying, "If they'll (humans) buy poison (tobacco) they'll buy anything," from DS9.

[@etienne8110]

Such a Fake statement... Comparing nettle macerate to neonicotinoides... This reeks of lobby washing. No facts, no number, no studies, just fallacies.

[@jamesdeclan7538]

*Dupont laughs in cancer*

[@TonyTrunzo]

Your all such doops this is pure propaganda and you people look for every excuse to believe the poison you eat is just fine.

[@joshfactor1]

well, this is staggering; who knew there was so much corruption in the organic farming industry?

[@DynamicBailey]

There’s literally corruption in everything. Especially the biggest money makers like “organic”, “all natural”, and when they say “no (fill in the blanks)”. It’s all a lie to make them more money.

[@Viggumsyes]

​@darthballs5637Pretty sure it's in Europe too.

[@3nertia]

Welcome to capitalism ...

[@pll3827]

The media often highlight politician corruption, but corruption is everywhere. Although I suppose some people see that as 'just doing business.'

[@somethingcraft3148]

@darthballs5637The usa has better food relation then the eu.

[@mastring1966]

shortly after the "organic" label came out, I refused to buy anything called "organic" if it was at all possible. Even before they came out with the studies saying "nope, you get no measurable benefits from organic but a lighter wallet" I was just not having it. My objection was "oh, you call THIS lettuce organic...does that make everything else made of rocks and plastic? bite me. I'm not paying for your designer label."

[@pAuL-nb2ud]

I used to work in a soil science laboratory, and I can confirm that soil samples from organic farms have way more organic matter, and are thus more "alive'' than conventional farm soil samples. So the rate of soil degradation is lower on organic farms.

[@chefgiovanni]

I been telling people for years, d not trust them little Organic Stickers. These groups market foods of all types that are covered with pesticides and toxins. Let's not even talk about the imported giant sized grapes and China imports. People are still eating tilapia? #follow the #chefs.

[@pAuL-nb2ud]

That statement does not hold up to actual empirical, observable, quantifiable facts and it’s your vague opinion, on the topic of specifically nothing. What are you even talking about? @OneWorldGovernment2030-yv3zc

[@silvesteramon2618]

You should have tested my soil before and after I started farming it. I am a small time conventional farmer. When I bought the land the soil was poor with little organic matter. With all the organic matter I have added in the form of "non organic" manure and "non organic" straw for my berry patch. Now the soil is chock full of organic matter. This is not an "organic" thing, it is a good practice thing. My guess is that the soil that came from "organic" farms were ones who took better care of their soil and farm, probably smaller farms like mine. Organic matter in the soil has little or possibly nothing to do with what type of sprays you use. It is more of a fertilizer source thing.

[@pAuL-nb2ud]

You make some very good points. I knew by chiming into this debate I was opening a can of worms, as there are a multitude of factors affecting the quality of soil. And since there is so much money to be made with the “organic” label, and since it is such a buzz word, the industry is not without its dubious players. I’m happy to hear you have good practices and have improved the quality of your soil. Furthermore, I am neither for nor against either conventional or organic farming. Both have their merits. I don’t mean to be too definitive about things, science is based on observations and testing, and repeating this process. I’m happy to re-evaluate my positions and you pose a good suggestion to test, affects of different sprays and fertilizer sources. @@silvesteramon2618

[@lawnranger05]

Regenerative agriculture or permaculture is by far the best way to build live soil. Biodiversity, and incorporation of rotational grazing helps reverse the soil death associated with heavy pesticides and monocultures.

[@Grunchy005]

The lady at Costco was appalled that we were gonna go for Taco Time Tuesday, she proclaimed that she “only eats clean.” It’s pointless to even try to talk to these people…

[@Nomadcreations]

All To Often 'Fanatic" is associated With organic Preachers. & With Out cooked red Meat as well deteriorates mind and mental capacities.. But Junk Food/Beverages are a separate category of Definitions Maybe Healthy..........

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

A fellow Canadian of culture I presume

[@Awaiting_YHWHs_Return]

So what are you suggesting we do not care about what we put in our body?

[@Mika-ph6ku]

@@Awaiting_YHWHs_ReturnNo he is suggesting that the woman does not actually understand what she is talking about.

[@melusine826]

She was at costco..... guessing she didn't see a cognitive dissonance

[@joelfox8381]

As a conventional farmer who sympathizes with organic, this video butchers a very nuanced topic.

[@sleepingwhale]

Thank you for saying this :)

[@SuperGlueFingers]

While this is mostly true, what my gf and I have found is that food listed as "organic" more often than not does not contain the things she is allergic to. So like it or not, "organic" processed foods is how we shop, or she'd practically not be able to eat anything. (corn allergy)

[@a2falcone]

Making your GF the exception that confirms the rule: organic is not better for everyone, it's only better for some people with very specific needs. Of course, the whole organic craze must be very convenient for your GF.

[@nerfherder4284]

Organic food is 100% about not having synthetic fertilizers running off into streams and causing huge problems with algae. It works. Plus anyone who trusts Monsanto is foolish.

[@capnkirk5528]

My kid has a legitimate non-celiac gluten allergy; when I was forced to eat gluten-free due to their incessant whining I discovered which parent they inherited it from ... NOT life-altering for me, but definitely much better. But "organic" carrots? Beans? Potatoes? That's just marketing.

[@SuperGlueFingers]

@@a2falcone Precisely. If i'm just buying for myself, with no allergies, I just buy regular stuff.

[@sarahsilverman-pucci905]

I can't have soy. Lots of products use soy flour to be gluten free, soy protein to be dairy and meat free. Organic products use soy even more frequently than conventional ones and at a higher cost.

[@cindylewis3325]

I think the argument should be made between a “Family Farm” and a “Factory Farm”. As the number of family farms has taken a huge hit from Corporate run Factory Farms.

[@mikes300]

More misconceptions. What is a factory farm. The largest farms I know of are "family farms " they are also incorporated.

[@cindylewis3325]

@@mikes300 Don’t know how old you are. Where I live farming is/was generational with some going back to the beginning in the late 1700s. In the 1980 don’t you remember all the family farms going under? Where I live there is only a handful or more left of “family farm”. Not a mis-conception. Maybe they might have incorporated but the are small generationally passed down farms. Factory farms you know what they are don’t play naive. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 & best wishes for the coming holidays.

[@d.n.9909]

I have been eating organic from my parents garden. Basically we just don’t use pesticides and the animals manure is also organic since we don’t give them (goats, sheep, chickens and turkeys) grains. Grass and worms is what they love. Scraps are used for composting that is also used as a fertilizer. I love it!!!

[@Hardin9]

What are you doing with those creatures?

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

1:13 "Despite making up only 1% of the food population..."

[@nicholaslewis8594]

Because E. coli outbreaks aren’t that rare.

[@vincentpelletier1246]

So happy this channel exists

[@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs]

As am I 💯

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@lyn1.6]

Also, many "farmers" at the farmers markets don't actually own any farms, they just buy misshapen fruits and vegetables in bulk and resell them at the farmers markets. They don't know if the produce is actually organic or not.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

interestinf

[@Attmay]

Some “farmers” market booths are just restaurants and taco trucks selling the same old Crisco-fried high-fructose-corn-syrup-and-soybean-oil-soaked crap from Sysco. Not all of them, though; it depends where you live.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@Attmay Not in my area

[@musicmama2864]

Not true when I was working for the family farm. You couldn't sell unless you grew/made a certain percentage yourself.

[@AJtraductora]

As a medical professional with an in-law surrounded by hippies.... she recommends "colloidal silver" instead of antibiotics, and I met one of her influencing friends at a social gathering and she (not knowing who I am or what I do) happened to tell me "I eat organic. Nothing growing out of the ground can kill you." Without even blinking, I stated, "Except for the poisonous plants and mushrooms." She didn't speak for the rest of the evening. At all. Of course, I didn't even get to comment on E-coli contamination from any fertilizers or animal that poops nearby. (-_-)

[@smokeymcpot1799]

Your in-law is right. Antibiotics, if used too frequently, nullifies your immune system. It tells your immune system that your body doesn't need it anymore because antibiotics will take care of it. The more you use it, the more you will HAVE to use it or else your body won't be able to fight it naturally.

[@Chicken_Mama_85]

Colloidal silver is antibiotic. It’s just probably only effective topically and not orally. I’ve used it to treat pink eye multiple times and to cure an abscess on my cat (flushing it daily with a medicine dropper). But, I’m not kooky enough to use it instead of a prescription for strep or something like that.

[@jswhosoever4533]

​@@Chicken_Mama_85yet medical professionals prescribe antibiotics for viruses all the time and they do nothing but cost the patient more money...and possibly destroy gut flora and natural immunity.

[@darksidegryphon5393]

Colloidal silver, AKA Smurf juice.

[@polyesterShark]

Fun fact: certified organic apples in Michigan have a huge list of pesticides and sprays approved for the growers. Organic apples never had less or no pesticides lol

[@BrBill]

Most of them are terrifically toxic to humans, too.

[@freeguy3751]

"Don't they regulate this stuff??" "They'll certainly pretend to!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jenniferwelch1835]

I've ben a organic gardener for years and didn't even know! LOL. Didn't understand exactly what organic farming was. Figured it was pesticides free. Lot's of chicken poop mixed in the soil, will give you a great garden. Canned 20 jars of tomatoes this year.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

Unfortunately the deer decimated my garden this year 😢

[@sinned6us]

People tend to not know the difference between local grown which tend to sometime pick up flavors in the areas soil like wine or onions and organic which in my opinion just means we charge 10% more for the word

[@crystalwebb5725]

I grow as much of my food as possible after watching the reports about glyphosates contributing to autism and dementia. Then I seen a container of strawberries blended up and taken to the lab. The lab said there was enough pesticide in the strawberries to reapply the liquid to the field as an active pesticide. I figure I can lose a bit of garden to pests and disease and still be healthier. Just me. I got 10 bags of tomato puree this year. 😊❤

[@jfkonlsd1364]

@@sinned6usi can taste the difference between them. maybe it's not organic but it's better tasting

[@mathbc1984]

I'm a organic consumer for 10 years now, I eat organic because It's taste better and I can digest the food without acid reflux and belly cramp. I have also a organic garden I use to grow food for 10 years. I know the paper work for the farmer is insane, but with bare-code tracker power by SAP software and order that can be cost efficiently. You have also the possibility to control mould with and copper and acetate (bicarbonate + vinegar) solution. For the pest insect, you have the birds, predatory insects, bacteria and some parasite insect for the pest insect. For the cord, a well grained land with underground pipe drains and a drop to drop pipe water system is the go to. If you have more money, you can have the robot weeder starting at 12 000 us$ to help with the weed control 24 hours 7 days a week to help if you can't find people to un-weed the land. For the fertilizer par, especially in the corn industry, you can decompose in water the corn plan and harvest the methane that produce and the fertilizer part will be in sludge and liquid part. I know, the best fertilization will by organic fed pig manure. For the cheater, the certify entity can test randomly, like the NFS certification, if everything is on spect.

[@andrewpinkham9904]

Rodgers taking a dump in his corn field. There's a mental image i didn't need. lol and hes charging extra for the corn

[@LivingInTheShade]

😂

[@pigpjs]

At the farmers market, my uncle charged $5 more for the organic veggies. They were all the same veggies.

[@cottonkitty8370]

I’ve binge watched most of your videos and now I can’t walk down the street without second guessing the authenticity of any an advertisement I see…. Because it’s all to make money

[@hobbyguy4640]

The best representation of this is food advertisements, most of the time the food is either raw or fake.

[@dawnstorm9768]

Next up (I hope): if buying gold was honest and if staffing agencies were honest. As to organics: helluva racket!

[@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs]

I really can't argue with any of this. "For the love of money" drives men to do some of the most underhanded crap you can imagine. We're best off growing our own food and fasting regularly.

[@melaniem9433]

And the ones who love money love the ones who buy just to impress others. 😢

[@RPcropland]

Ya crazy how propaganda works they tricked us out of self sufficiency into the so called "age of abundance. I prefer to call it age of productivity cuz we work 3x now, and breath toxic chemicals that make us stupid enough to wonder why our ancestor were so strong.

[@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs]

@@melaniem9433 and that is a truly sad truth.

[@anarizmoore]

Exactly! I'm not religious but I grew up seventh day Adventist and I can say they believe in fasting, clean eating, growing your own food, and having a day of rest.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@silvesteramon2618]

The crazy thing is any farm can say/label they are organic. I can spray with conventional sprays and label it organic, I can only get in trouble if I call/label the product "certified organic."

[@ymeynot0405]

@Honest Ads They completely left out that organic takes 3X the amount of land to get the same amount of food. So we have to tear down more forests to make the same amount of food.

[@eaglescout1984]

I'm surprised he didn't mention "organic" also means "no GMO", so plants that have been modified to require less pesticide, fertilizer, and/or water can't be used, despite the ecological benefits.

[@ArockDuece]

monsanto promised less reliance on pesticides with GMO crops turns out since 1996 we are using 10x as much pesticide than before. GLYPHOSATE is causing massive harm to our environment

[@nailslacquer]

Animals fed GMO foods get cancer and die. It's not good for us.

[@Rainalot]

Yeah, because the pesticides are genetically built into the crops. Bugs will still try to eat them but die when the pesticide shuts down their nervous system. We’re not bugs but what do you think that does to your nervous system when you ingest it?

[@nailslacquer]

@@Rainalot exactly.

[@mistahoward9772]

GMO stuff requires way more water, not less. Stop buying industry propaganda and look at the Organic Consumers Association instead. Yes, there is corruption. Yes, not all organic veggies are really that organic, but you're still lowering pesticide intake, particularly Roundup. Every little bit counts toward long term health.

[@johnsullivan4049]

I love it when Roger says the word SUPERIORITY, it sounds great when he says it for some reason.

[@MrDan708]

I used to subscribe to NatGeo magazine. Back in the 90's, they did a story about how family farms often saved themselves from bankruptcy by going organic. They could charge more because suckers are willing to pay more.

[@DrMuFFinMan]

I work in produce at a grocery chain, lets not forget the massive amount of waster from organic produce. Because either no one buys it or because it just seems to rot faster then the rest.

[@nicklovell8148]

It rots faster than the rest because it’s not treated with wax or preservatives. Not fighting for either side but facts are facts.

[@PJ92586]

Funny thing is this is taught in school, literally no reason to believe without "actually" doing the work. Truth is you have no reason to believe anything is "Organic" unless you grow it yourself.

[@adannahinds387]

I always believed that it's a marketing strategy to make you spend more..just cause it's "organic". It's my humble opinion that the only way you know if it's organic, is if you grew them yourself.

[@pfefferle74]

The day when I saw "organic baking powder" in the store I lost my religion.

[@sgtbrown4273]

Yeah because sodium bicarbonate comes in many different chemical formats 🤣👍

[@ellingeidbo8469]

"If its easier to fake, its fake." Everything in the grocery store, especially the expensive stuff.

[@seand.5535]

this is why i buy coconut oil, butter, tallow/lard, but not olive oil. could they fake coconut oil? probably but it seems way more expensive than squeezing coconuts.

[@ellingeidbo8469]

@@seand.5535 It's probably coconut flavored palm oil.

[@seand.5535]

@@ellingeidbo8469 uh oh

[@seand.5535]

@@ellingeidbo8469 is butter fake?

[@ellingeidbo8469]

@@seand.5535 I don't know how you would fake butter specifically, but I do know that several oils are heavily cut with palm oil during the wholesale process, before final packaging but after the ingredients are listed. The practice is called adulteration, and it can happen with any product that is homogenized from wholesale sources before being packaged for retail. It is not legal but it happens anyway. You'd have to figure out a test for butter specifically and that's part of the problem. You need a test for each specific product which can get pretty tricky.

[@stubbornone1189]

This episode was brought to you by our friends at the Monsanto Corporation.

[@vanbeast1217]

Penn and Teller did a show on organics years ago on thier show "Bullshit" and it was talking about the same things. My favorite is when they tricked people into admitting the non-organics did actually taste better.

[@Zebra_3]

the infamous banana. 🍌

[@Perririri]

#Kvetch!

[@BrBill]

@@Zebra_3 Yes, a very funny test, but it doesn't prove what most people think it proved. It DOES prove that we think we taste differences when we think we are tasting different bananas, even when we're not. It DOESN'T prove whether organics taste better than non-organics. Luckily we have real scientific studies proving that we can't tell organic bananas from conventionally raised bananas.

[@MissAyamiStroud]

I love these videos. As someone that is in college for Biology and environment studies, this video is great! All the Honest Ads are. It's about looking objectively at these things and learning real facts and figuring out how we can change the system to force these places to stop lying and manipulating consumers. Love you Roger!

[@Jackbarrany]

While I’m sure the claims of fraud and some others are valid, he dances around the nutritional value of the organic food and doesn’t mention taste at all. I could eat organic and conventional veggies and especially meat side by side blindfolded and I’m fairly certain I could tell which was which. I think suspending disbelief because it’s comedy and being entirely cynical about it is not as close to reality as being somewhat cynical about it.

[@Gamer3427]

@@Jackbarrany Taste is subjective, so it's hard to really use that as a qualifying factor over which is better on an objective scale. If we did, most vegetables would be classified as non-healthy as the majority of people, (particularly kids), don't eat vegetables for their flavor but more so because of the nutrients they provide or a perceived health benefit. As for nutritional value, that would take some more in depth research than was present in this video for sure, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if "organic" foods are actually less nutritious as they have measures in place to ensure they're getting proper nutrients when grown, proper prevention for diseases, and they're far less likely to be bred extensively and genetically altered to increase the nutritional value. There's also definitely a counterpoint there that some non-organically grown foods could be bred for "taste" instead of nutrition, lowering the nutritional value, of course, but like I said that would take more extensive research and in either case you would have to closely compare multiple brands. Depending on the brand you're likely to see some non-organically grown foods that are inferior in nutrients and that have dangerous chemicals when compared to organically grown foods, but you're also just as likely to find some that are more nutritious and with fewer health risks due to disease and bacterial prevention methods. More than likely though, above all else, you'll likely find that that the majority of non-organic brands and the majority of organic brands have virtually the same nutritional values, but the trade off being that organic brands are two or three times the costs and you have to worry more about diseases. As you said being too cynical can cause you to stray from reality, but so too can being too accepting of what companies literally trying to sell you their product are saying. In the end, anyone selling you anything isn't actually caring about your health or the benefits of their product. They're just trying to market it to you in a way that gets you to buy from them instead of their competition. What's more, mankind is always looking for shortcuts to feel superior or be healthier, so they are quick to latch onto anything promising to give them that, without doing any research themselves in either direction, or only doing surface level research until their initial impressions are confirmed.

[@bush2239]

Google Glyphosate.

[@Jackbarrany]

@@Gamer3427 Taste is somewhat subjective, but we’re all homo Saipans and have a massive amount biologically in common so far as taste receptors and experienced qualia. Some people have actual deadened or unusual taste sensation when eating, but the majority seem to have similar qualia only differentiated by expectation, previous experience, and levels of openness and disgust (i.e picky eaters by nurture not nature). There’s a reason why some people are recognized as excellent cooks and chiefs while others self acknowledge they have a very basic and stunted taste. If one species of pepper has complex fruity notes with its heat, and the other of the same species tastes like a watery bell pepper with some heat, i think its really dismissive and postmodern to disregard that as “merely” subjective. That greater pleasure and wellbeing is being experienced or is not, is an objective fact. Also, chances are if someone isn’t enjoying vegetables, it’s because somehow we got it into the culture that the way to cook veggies is steaming them with a bit of salt or raw.

[@alexfortano153]

reality is going to hit hard on this one.

[@ignis2638]

We need to have some better food standards. Though there is still some pretty big problems with many farming companies, we get a lot of our meat from a Brazilian meat company who has sold us contaminated meat, tainted meat, spoiled meat, and was the cause of a lot of virus outbreaks. Really we need to set some better rules for farming

[@ZacharyPlatt]

This one's tough for me. I'm less concerned with what my food is doing to me personally, and more concerned with what the product's farming method did to the environment. I grow my own food. I buy from local farms run by people I've met. And for store bought products, I try to buy from companies that at least make an *effort* to not kill off pollinators.

[@williampawson5476]

WOW.... H0ow on earth do you do both? Do tell us how 1) you grow your own food while at the same time 2) you buy from local farms?????

[@ZacharyPlatt]

@@williampawson5476 Im not sure i understand your... confusion? Derision? I grow what i can, but its not enough calories to cover the whole year, and i dont raise any meat animals. I have to buy my pork, beef, and other produce from other farmers in my area to cover my other needs. Sometimes we trade

[@xLoLRaven]

Yeah, I've long known this about the food industry. The only thing that has come close to changing my mind has been the organic milk at my local grocer. I don't know if they just use a better pasteurization process or have a better distribution chain, but they have longer expiration dates and just taste creamier. Literally the only thing organic I'm willing to spend more money on.

[@Patson20]

There's different levels of pasteurization, and they probably leave more fat In the milk. Your average mega dairy skims most of the fat out to make things like butter, and fully pasteurizes it to ensure there's absolutely no risk.

[@xLoLRaven]

@@Patson20 Thanks for the info! I hadn't considered it, but yeah. The big dairy producers WOULD skim off everything they could for butter and stuff. Now I finally know why regular store bought milk tastes "watery" compared to the organic brand I buy.

[@NMS127]

@@Patson20 The amount of milkfat left in the milk is stated on the packaging. They'd get caught if they lied about that. The longer shelf life and sweeter taste of many organic milks are both due to using a higher temperature pasteurization process.

[@michaellyndon6982]

It depends on the brand too. I like the taste of Organic Valley, but I don't know how organic they really are, because I've never looked into it. I have seen something about Horizon not really being organic, because they take advantage of legislation that says that non-organic milk can be labeled as organic if the farm is transitioning to becoming organic. What Horizon does is it has its farms farm non-organic milk for the period of time they are given to transition, transition towards the end, and then de-transition the farm afterwards, unscrupulously selling the milk then to other dairy brands until they can repeat the process again.

[@veluet697]

Organic is Ultra-Pasteurized. You can see it on the label. Gives it a longer shelf life and a nuttier flavor.

[@annieesther8405]

I try to buy as much as I can from small, local organic farmers whose apples have worm holes in them. That is how you know they're really organic.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Don't say they have worms, rather that they are "protein enhanced." Yeah, that's the ticket!

[@SovietReunionYT]

I legit cant tell if this is mockery or a true believer.

[@andreiradu7851]

​@@SovietReunionYTso you prefer the apples that are so full of pesticides no insect would ever take a bite? It's not even about the supposed health benefits, just compare the taste of any supermarket apple to the ones you can find in the countryside from non industrial farmers and it's not even close.

[@mikes300]

You completely missed the point

[@annieesther8405]

@@mikes300 no, I don't think I misunderstood the jokes. I disagree with some of the comments made in the video.

[@tomtwr3]

I have been to meetings where farm owners tried to get organic standards reduced to increase harvest yeilds. They failed, no heavy duty cancer, known causing pesticides were allowed. Wash your food like we used to do to avoid cancer.

[@Nanobits]

Having grown organic fruits and veggies, I can tell you that my crops do not look anything like the store variety, its very hard to keep pests away using natural home made plant sprays, not all bugs leave my plants alone, but at least there are no chemicals, i make my own fertilizers from tree leaves, and food scraps that I compost, its way more work for sure.

[@a.m.lewisfarms8445]

This is why I advertise as being local, so you can see where it’s grown.

[@lewys9204]

Uk - farmers markets at local high streets are full of resellers and mostly not farmers that's reselling they're own food.

[@melaniem9433]

3:29 will be known as the best comedic delivery of the CENTURY!😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@WastingSanityGR]

A few years back I did some research and discovered that some additives that help with freshness can cause cancer. Yum! So I cut back on the bioengineered products a bit. Can't always avoid them as they pretty much dominate the market these days. Would explain why cancer is so common these days. Oh and nice comedy skit.

[@TheMatrixofMeaning]

Organic is just a marketing term for traditional farming practices in an industrial food production society

[@justingraves8649]

Organic food = Hipster food

[@GeorgeJefferson-h7w]

Just try it. Quit being so afraid!

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Just another chance to flaunt moral superiority via virtue signaling at the grocery store.

[@RobertJones-gq3jq]

This is the case for the larger organic companies. Those that adher to the traditional ways try to keep it as natural as possible. The fraud is huge

[@courtlaw1]

I said it once and said again they should write a completely absurd movie with roger as the main character doing what he does best.

[@nebunebu7019]

1 word - Roundup Linked heavily to the explosion of Celiac and gluten sensitivity in America after its intro to wheat prpduction The truth is we don't know the long term health effects of experiemental GMO food or fertilizers Organic is the way even with its flaws.

[@myramitchell8511]

This is true. "Organic" has no real bearing on anything. Most people think organic is equitable to "pastured" or "grass-fed" or some such notion, but in truth organic doesn't mean diddly commercially. Want to do right by the planet? Start by shopping at your local farmers markets where you can make contacts with your nearest farmers... The real cost of food is in the mileage it racks up getting from the farm to your plate.

[@cynthiaslater7445]

Only Roger can tell the truth in a way we like - funny!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

If schools were honest they would teach you this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

[@cogboy302]

Yep. I had a woman scold me recently about eating processed meats because they contain 'nitrates.' I pointed out that the majority of fertilizer used on arable crops and vegetable crops is ammonium nitrate. She hasn't replied yet.

[@sogerc1]

Those apples on Roger's desk may cost more but only because those are gluten-free lactose-free vegan apples.

[@gimmespamnow]

Love how the ad directly after this video was for an organic grocery store. Top notch advertising placement!

[@ditto1958]

The original “green revolution” in agriculture was back in the 50’s and 60’s when agriculture turned to science and technology to produce larger and healthier crops than ever before. Good food became more accessible to the masses and since then people have become healthier and longer lived.

[@AustynSN]

I remember when I used to do a job selling an expensive blender, I sometimes ended up at Whole Foods. We were required to buy everything in that store. (Other stores would allow us to use outside products, but it was considered rude to do so unless they were unavailable. It was a strict rule at Whold Foods.) Though we didn't have to pay for it, I avoided organic stuff because of the excess cost. One day, I needed pineapple, but they only had organic, so I got it. They were WAY smaller than the regular, so I had to buy more. Additionally, while pineapples normally lasted a few days, the organics went from under-ripe to rotting by the next day. That was what completely turned me pro-GMO. (Also, as Penn and Teller pointed out in an episode of "Bullshit", organic farming methods can't provide enough food for everybody worldwide at our current population. So if somebody gets in my face about organics vs GMOs, I ask if it's their family that gets to go without food, or if they're just closeted racist assholes who think the poor people in other countries should slowly die of starvation.)

[@NyanyiC]

Yah organic food is quite elitist.. I prefer farming methods that ensure that the entire population is fed adequately.. I know how it is to not have enough food

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

Basically one of thr largest problems is we are running out of the fertikizers to continue t9 so rhings.

[@NyanyiC]

@@SeanHartnett-t8c i don't think so

[@mdm8796]

But he doesn't say anything about the chemicals used causing cancer, which is the real reason most people eat organic. Really want your strawberries doused with chemicals that required the farm worker to wear a hazmat suit? Don't think he mentioned RoundUp, either.

[@DevinNixonDavis]

Take a food science course and you'll have a better understanding of all that

[@mdm8796]

@DevinNixonDavis what will I understand? That the giant agribusinesses want me to believe that all of their chemicals are harmless so they can keep raking in the profits? Whether I take a food science course or not doesn't change the fact that the shill who made this video doesn't address the main reason people buy organic.

[@someoneelse1895]

As an organic farmer I can tell you I just have to hide my pesticides in another room during inspection 😂😂😂 apparently there's no real way to 'prove' organic

[@DavidRose-m8s]

Not organic but farming in another country. Lots of audit inspection done, but mostly the paperwork which I hate, and lets face it anyone whos good at paper work is streets ahead when it comes to the ability to commit fraud.

[@therealbeerslayer]

This is why the inspector takes tissue samples of crops on my organic farm, to prevent fraud like that. Are you really a USDA Certified Organic farmer? If so then you are admitting to fraud and undermining the public trust in organic certification.

[@someoneelse1895]

@@therealbeerslayer LOL

[@blank0the0new91]

Most of this is true however. I have noticed that with my own organic and chemically fertilized crops. I have noticed that the organic ones always last longer in the fridge. The don't 'melt' as quickly as the ones I use chemical fertilizers on. Also most of the synthetic pesticides don't work after we use them for about 3 years even on the same insects. But with the sunflower method we're able to keep them off the good crops and pick bugs off to feed them to chickens which is alot better and almost 100% free compared to the pesticides which cost alot in my country.

[@PureU0Artificial]

💯 Organic food is soooo much better, tasting and for the health of all life. It costs more bc of the government, not bc it is profitable. There are so many extra steps that need to be taken to be certified organic and the gov charges a lot to discourage healthier living practices. The food costs more bc they wouldn’t break even if they didn’t increase the cost due all the extra people, steps and fees required.

[@brendontruong7127]

Last season I grew plants out of the disgusting sludge of rotting plant matter I threw in a barel. The food that grew from that was the most delicious thing I ever had. One time I burried old meat next to my tangerine tree. The fruits that came from that were very sweet and juicy. All it takes is a bunch of rotting stuff, time, and care and you will have what "organic" feels like.

[@ReaIHuman]

I hope Roger out lives us all.

[@danielcockerspaniel]

Organic actually used to mean something before corporate growers lobbied the government to allow their commercial products to be labeled organic.

[@AzoRevan]

Ok, what did it use to mean?

[@craigbaxter4595]

Politicians need multiple revenue streams to get re-elected

[@mathbc1984]

I'm a organic consumer for 10 years now, I eat organic because It's taste better and I can digest the food without acid reflux and belly cramp. I have also a organic garden I use to grow food for 10 years. I know the paper work for the farmer is insane, but with bare-code tracker power by SAP software and order that can be cost efficiently. You have also the possibility to control mould with and copper and acetate (bicarbonate + vinegar) solution. For the pest insect, you have the birds, predatory insects, bacteria and some parasite insect for the pest insect. For the cord, a well grained land with underground pipe drains and a drop to drop pipe water system is the go to. If you have more money, you can have the robot weeder starting at 12 000 us$ to help with the weed control 24 hours 7 days a week to help if you can't find people to un-weed the land. For the fertilizer par, especially in the corn industry, you can decompose in water the corn plan and harvest the methane that produce and the fertilizer part will be in sludge and liquid part. I know, the best fertilization will by organic fed pig manure. For the cheater, the certify entity can test randomly, like the NFS certification, if everything is on spect.

[@gtgodbear6320]

I thought they had to be non-genetically modified heirloom fruits and vegetables that grow from seeds produced by other fruits and vegetables for generations.

[@daehr9399]

My family ran an organic dairy farm from 1907-1985. Granted, this was in the days before that was a big deal, but it was arduous labor. There were years an entire herd of cattle would get sick and we'd have to send 'em off. Other years they'd get fallout and give radioactive milk (this was in the 1950s, early 1960s). Obviously can't sell that. Othertimes it'd just be a bad year. Farming is dangerous and pays little, if anything. EDIT: as I said organic wasn't a huge deal until after the Farm closed operations. We didn't use pesticides but again it was simply because we grew crops for ourselves and animal feed. We didn't shoot animals full of anti-biotics either, but this was before that was a thing. If an animal god sick and you couldn't cure it, you shot it. Or if it died you put it on the Dead Pile. And once a month the Dead Man would come out and scoop the Dead Pile and if it was big you'd call the Dead Man and he'd come collect the carcass. But this was Iowa in the mid 20th Century. Things were different.

[@ygayovy]

Kombucha is a result of lacto fermentation. So it's actially healthy, unless you dump a ton of sugar in it.

[@francishandscomb8108]

Please do one about how a lot of food we eat is made out of petroleum Also I’d rather eat my own organic food grow you own

[@rm3141593]

Petroleum?? 😮 That doesn't seem right. Can you name some example, please?

[@iamthatiam1618]

Finally, someone saw what I saw about "organic" foods. I learned the hard way.

[@eager400]

Love the video! Now do one about EVs 😂.

[@Honest_Ads]

I have good news for you…

[@eager400]

@@SigFigNewton In all honesty I like both but don't think one is better than the other. Alternative fuels other than just fossil fuels could help stabilize the markets and help but things come at a cost. I don't think EVs are the only future or ICEs are the only way to go. It all depends on each individual and how it would work for them. I'd rather have several options than just one. I think a lot of people don't like EVs due to the big push on them lately saying they're going to get rid of gas cars, and the EPA cracking down on the little guy versus going after the big polluters. I have family that own a Tesla and it's a nice car. Lots of torque, fun to drive but I prefer gas for right now. Might look at a hybrid in the future but time will tell. Maybe they'll make an EV that the consumers can work on/modify in the future.

[@eager400]

@@Honest_Ads I can't wait!

[@Dial8Transmition]

My uncle has a friend who runs an "organic" farm and one of the criteria for being organic in my country is to not use any artificial fertilizer. He does not use any artificial fertilizer on his pastures or grass fields, however he does buy silage from my uncle who uses nitrogen fertilizer on his grass fields to make said silage. Despite this he is still considered to be organic by the government

[@Misses-Hippy]

I think they are much stricter in Europe.

[@petrektek1385]

I'm an agronomist technician in Italy, I give the chemical treatments and fertilizers to the farmers. Here in my area the organic farmers are honest but they often cannot produce enough. In traditional farming, on the other hand, I can assure you we use carcinogenic molecules. Matter of fact every year dozens of chemical products are retired from the market, when it's obviously late. Make your choice.