Organic Food and Farming (Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints)

Grade 6-9 This title first examines the difference between organic and conventional food in terms of human health. The articles have been successfully edited for brevity and clarity. Whether organic farming can improve the world is discussed in the second, and weakest, section of the book. One author argues that organic is not environmentally friendly due to overuse of natural pesticides, while the balancing viewpoint is so general that readers will never know about genuine environmental and pollution issues resulting from conventional agriculture. The articles debating the role of organic agriculture in feeding the world barely scratch the surface of global food issues, although the one on why organic cannot end world hunger is the stronger of the two.