Does Organic Food Really Taste Better?
Yes, organic food generally tastes better than the same foods grown conventionally. You can find a ton of studies that show that organic food either doesn’t taste as good, or is no better tasting than conventional foods. But in well-designed studies, such as Washington State University’s recent test on strawberries, organic foods consistently win the test. Apples are the most frequently tested food for their taste qualities, and again, in the best designed studies, organic consistently is found to taste better. To see these studies yourself, simply Google the question that headlines this essay. I’m not going to bore you with summaries of the tests in this space. What I am going to do is give you some of the reasons why organic food tastes better than conventionally grown food. First and foremost, organic food is grown in soil enriched with compost, which itself is a mixture of decaying plant matter and animal manures that have thoroughly decomposed into sweet-smelling and harmless fert
