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Organic food is not healthier for you, nor is it better for animals and the environment than conventionally farmed food.

Organic farming doesn’t use pesticides, right? Actually, it uses “natural” pesticides, some of which pose major health risks. 

MYTH: Organic farming is better for the environment. The truth is, it causes as many or more issues than conventional crops. 

Organic food is a first-world luxury. People in developing countries simply cannot afford food that is more expensive and less abundant.  

A comprehensive 2012 Stanford study on organic foods found they are not nutritionally superior to conventional foods.

If U.S. farming were all organic, we would need to convert an area bigger than the size of California entirely to farmland.

People in the developing world need access to cheaper food, which means more access to effective fertilizers and pesticides, not less. 

A major European study found that to use organic methods to produce the same amount of crops we do now, we’d have to use 200% more land. 

MYTH: Organic farming doesn’t use pesticides. The truth is, it can use any pesticide that is "natural," like rotenone and pyrethrin.