Buying organic is a growing trend

by Marisa McClellan (Subscribe to Marisa McClellan's posts)
Posted Oct 10th 2007 9:42AM
Filed under: Newspapers, On the Blogs, Health & Medical

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According to a study that our friends over at Green Daily unearthed, it is now officially cool to eat organic. That poll showed that the number of people buying organic is going up and that 79% of people believe that buying organic food is better for the environment. Ninety-eight percent of frequent organic food buyers believe that it also tastes better than conventional foods.

The study also broke down which groups of people are doing the organic buying and discovered that they are either mostly liberal, mostly college graduates and are frequently both. These results make me blush a little, as I fall smack dab into this demographic and I do my best to buy organic foods whenever possible. Who knew I was so predictable?

Tags: college educated, enn, green daily, liberal, organic, trends

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10-10-2007 @ 10:11AM

jsmylie said...

Cursed demographics! They always make me feel like such a cliche.

10-10-2007 @ 10:19AM

Iscariote said...

Who'd have thought well educated people who care about their fellow man would buy organic? How odd.

10-10-2007 @ 1:44PM

Donovan said...

Ric Romero posing as Marisa McClellan? ;)

10-11-2007 @ 9:29AM

Jon said...

That's kind of a stupid poll. They asked whether people believe various facts. A fact isn't something you believe, it's something you know.

For instance, organic food is more expensive than conventional. It's a provable fact. The study reports on what percent of people believe that, but belief isn't the issue. Similarly, it asked people whether they believe that organic food is better for the environment. Well, it is. And even if you don't believe it, it's still true.

The questions should have asked things like "Do you believe organic food is worth the extra cost?" That's a belief, and it can be polled. But a poll about facts is just silly.

10-15-2007 @ 4:40PM

Simon Arch said...

Organic food also requires greater amounts of fertliser and pesticides, not to mention more LAND than conventional crops. Yields are smaller and lower than conventional yields.

It might be "cool" to spend lots of money on something trendy like this, but all it's doing is proving that old adage about a fool and his money.

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