Quote:I have been asking for years why the so called organic foods cost more and no one has an answer...I would think they should be cheaper...Supposedly there are no  fertilizers used, no pest killing sprays, no artificial lighting, so there should be less labor and materials used in producing such foods, therefor. the cost to produce these foods should be less but instead they are higher.

I can answer this for you very easily. In short your supposition is incorrect.


Organic crops take fertilizer (foilar fertilizer at a much higher cost), more pest sprays (again usually a higher cost) at higher intervals, more labor, more time in the field and produce a smaller yield.


The cost is actually much higher and is naturally passed on to the end user.

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