Having said that, I must state in their defence, that as a personal preferance - free range chicken certainly does taste a whole lot better than the other ones. But that is a personal preferance of mine!
I have to rush off now to send this mail to all of those persons that fit into the category above!
Organic food 'no better than regular brands'
January 08 2007 at 02:13AM
London - Britain's environment secretary on Sunday said there was no conclusive evidence that organic food is better than products grown by more conventional methods. In an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper, David Miliband was quoted as saying that eating organic food was a "lifestyle choice" and that mass-produced products should not be seen assecond-best. The weekly said his comments will be a blow to the organic food industry, which is pushing for official recognition of what it says are the nutritional and environmental benefits of not using chemicals on meat and vegetables.
The Soil Association, which promotes and campaigns for organic food and farming, said in July that the British organic market grew by 30 percent in 2005-6 to nearly £1.6-billion. Asked about the benefits claimed for organic food, Miliband was quoted as saying: "It's a lifestyle choice that people can make. There isn't any conclusive evidence either way." He added: "It's only four percent of total farm produce, not 40 percent, and I would not want to say that 96 percent of our farm produce is inferior because it's not organic." - Sapa-AFP
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