Chemically treated food or sometimes referred to as conventional foods are grown using synthetic chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides, which then get absorbed into the soil and cannot be removed. With the high demand for food as a result of population growth and improvements in human diets the demand for quality fruits and vegetables are rapidly on the rise. As expressed in Doreen Gabriel, article, Food Production Vs. Biodiversity, even though conventional agriculture is intensive it gives the largest turnout compared to organic farming (356). As can be seen by her extensive research she did not offer a bias argument and provides the reader with information that can be swayed in both directions, but for maximum profit from it, one must
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According to Chenglin Liu, co-director of the LL.M. programs at St. Mary’s University School of Law and for 8 years has taught Law and Economics, Torts, European Union Law, and Chinese Law, in his article Is "Usda Organic" A Seal Of Deceit?: The Pitfalls Of USDA Certified Organic, he proves how the certification process for USDA organic is non trustworthy and it misleads the consumer. In 2008, a news report discovered that not only were companies that were claiming to be selling “locally grown” food lying to their customers, but they were also importing goods which were produced in China and claiming them as theirs (335). Not only did the USDA allow companies throughout the United States to pass imported goods as their own, but it shows how well the quality and the safety of the produce was compromised and allowed by the government. As stated by Jerome Rodale in Chenglin Liu’s article he “provided a platform for spreading his belief in organic food and distaste of chemically induced agriculture… Even though Rodale 's ideas were met with skepticism, resistance, and even ridicule, organic farming gradually gained momentum through his persistent efforts” (337), with people knowing the harm that such farming could bring to them people …show more content…
When in reality they are getting the same or even worse produce that if they would stick to the conventional method of farming. Free range is not what all may think it means, many believe that if the animals are free range they are living the best possible life ever and they have all the space to roam wherever they choose and are allowed to do as they please. However, they are wrong these animals face the same harsh conditions as the animals who are placed in cages. In United Poultry Concerns, article, “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs “the door may be open for only five minutes and the farm still qualifies as ‘free-range’” the term “free-range” is very loosely used, there is no criteria for environment quality, the number of birds allowed, or space. In some cases the animals are outside, but see circumstances, such as in Springfield Farms “[turkeys] were housed in a field in the freezing cold with no shelter except a small wooden tarp-covered structure only big enough for half of them”, the animals are still treated very inhumanely and they suffer a large amount while they are growing. Many of the certified humane treatments that the animals must go through includes having “100,000 debeaked hens crowded into five 400 ft long sheds , each holding “a sea of 20,000 brown hens,” so densely crowded the floor was invisible”, the
According to Chenglin Liu, co-director of the LL.M. programs at St. Mary’s University School of Law and for 8 years has taught Law and Economics, Torts, European Union Law, and Chinese Law, in his article Is "Usda Organic" A Seal Of Deceit?: The Pitfalls Of USDA Certified Organic, he proves how the certification process for USDA organic is non trustworthy and it misleads the consumer. In 2008, a news report discovered that not only were companies that were claiming to be selling “locally grown” food lying to their customers, but they were also importing goods which were produced in China and claiming them as theirs (335). Not only did the USDA allow companies throughout the United States to pass imported goods as their own, but it shows how well the quality and the safety of the produce was compromised and allowed by the government. As stated by Jerome Rodale in Chenglin Liu’s article he “provided a platform for spreading his belief in organic food and distaste of chemically induced agriculture… Even though Rodale 's ideas were met with skepticism, resistance, and even ridicule, organic farming gradually gained momentum through his persistent efforts” (337), with people knowing the harm that such farming could bring to them people …show more content…
When in reality they are getting the same or even worse produce that if they would stick to the conventional method of farming. Free range is not what all may think it means, many believe that if the animals are free range they are living the best possible life ever and they have all the space to roam wherever they choose and are allowed to do as they please. However, they are wrong these animals face the same harsh conditions as the animals who are placed in cages. In United Poultry Concerns, article, “Free-Range” Poultry and Eggs “the door may be open for only five minutes and the farm still qualifies as ‘free-range’” the term “free-range” is very loosely used, there is no criteria for environment quality, the number of birds allowed, or space. In some cases the animals are outside, but see circumstances, such as in Springfield Farms “[turkeys] were housed in a field in the freezing cold with no shelter except a small wooden tarp-covered structure only big enough for half of them”, the animals are still treated very inhumanely and they suffer a large amount while they are growing. Many of the certified humane treatments that the animals must go through includes having “100,000 debeaked hens crowded into five 400 ft long sheds , each holding “a sea of 20,000 brown hens,” so densely crowded the floor was invisible”, the