Is Organic Food Marketing Misleading?

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/18/is-organic-food-marketing-hype.html
According to this Newsweek article a food critic and farmer go back and forth over whether organic food really makes a difference. The food critic states "As the former head of the Food Standards Agency, I am absolutely not anti-organic. I am pro accurate consumer information, pro healthy eating, and pro scientific analysis. Last week on television I saw a woman say, "I feel really guilty because I cannot afford organic food to feed my children a healthy diet." And that made me cross, because she didn't need to buy organic food to give her children a healthy diet, although six in 10 Americans who buy organic food believe it's healthier. In eight countries which have looked at this issue, in every case they have concluded there is no health benefit of eating organic food compared with conventional food." The critic also tells that there are pesticides in organic foods as well they are just a "different set". The farmer surprisingly sounds more intellectual and states that organic foods are able to meet the standards of organic food hype; such as being hypoallergenic. The farmer has 5 reasons why organic food is prime.
#1 Animals eat a diet free of excrementanimals eat a diet free of excrement
#2 Free of antibiotics
#3 No toxic heavy metals like arsenic
#4 Most organic foods do not allow use of pesticides
#5 Prohibits composting human waste for fertilizer.
These are all further explained in Article

Government and Bed Bugs

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/10/government-action-on-bed-bugs.html
The first paragraph immediatly blamed earth lovers for the banning of effective pesticides. What is not mentioned are that insects and pests have always been apart of life. The author of the article was excited to hear that the department of defense might join the cause to take action about the increase in bed bug incidents. The EPA states that alot of research is being conducted, and many groups are getting involved. Just outside Washington agencies such as the Department of Agriculture are researching. Other agencies involved in the Bed Bug Interagency Task Force are the departments of Health and Human Services. The governemnt is looking for an effective way to decrease the number of pests and they feel it is going to be hard to do so with out the sue of pesticides. thye want to make the people feel comfortable; but in my opinion it is not just about that, but the health of the people and being honest.

FOOD LOG

Thursday:
bagel w/ cream cheese, orange juice
PB&J sandwich, water
Hamburger and fries, lemonade
Friday:
bagel w/ cream cheese, orange juice
animal crackers, water
Chillis (quesadillas), lemonade
Chocolate molten cake
Saturday:
Egg sandwich
fruit smoothie
mozzarella sticks, Iced tea
Carvel
Sunday:
bacon egg and cheese sandwhich
pasta and lemonade
iced tea and cookies
steak
Monday:
cheerios
orange juice
water
pb&J sandwich
chicken and vegetables