Organic food?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

there is no study that conclusive shows that organic food(s) have an overarching beneficial effect beyond supposed 'non-organic' food. this is something you've failed to respond to.

My stance is simply based on common sense and parsimony. Even if pesticides are harmless, why would I add them to food if I don't have to?

If you don't want to add them to your food or indeed eat food that's had them added to it, then that's entirely up to you and nobody can say you can't.

I think where we're at a juncture is I'm forwarding the thesis that, owing to the massive numbers of people that need food in today's world, we need pesticides in order to maintain (or grow) the current salvageable harvests (billions is wasted each year on top of this).

I certainly agree that intensive farming needs to be looked at, as does the methodologies that surround mass food production.

In the EU for example there has been a big debate over neonicotinoids and their harmful effects on bees (I love bees). Not enough research means conclusions have been drawn on both sides that's not conducive to solving the issues of why the numbers of bees are diminishing.