(May 22, 2014 at 10:55 pm)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: According to Wikipedia, there are no taste or health benefits to organic food. Agree?
All else being equal, I'd agree, at least with respect to taste. All else is not always equal, though. "Hothouse" tomatoes, organic or not, taste like crap (and are indistinguishable) compared to heirloom tomatoes out of my yard. Ground beef - the organic grass fed Angus stuff is definitely tastier than the typical supermarket stuff, but not noticeably better than non-organic quality stuff from the butcher.
I do appreciate the organic produce (patricularly fruit) that isn't artificially colored or waxed to improve it's appearance so I can get a truer idea of it's quality and ripeness.
There may well be legitimate reasons to buy organic, but IMHO, taste is not one of them.