# organin farming
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organin-farming/343467
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organin-farming/343467 "2006-02-07T22:48:36Z")
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### Author:  [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organin-farming/343467/1 "2006-02-07T22:48:36Z")
Several years ago when Cecil was answering a question about organic farming, Cecil said “organically grown produce isn’t necessary better for you”, but I disagree. Organically grown produce is better for the planet, and what’s better for the plannet is better for you. If Cecil said “organically grown produce isn’t necessary directly better for you”, that would be different, but it is indirectly better for you. Comments?
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organin-farming/343467/2 "2006-02-09T20:18:04Z")
Okay, here’s one. The conventional wisdom on best practices here is that your thread will be more successful if you post a [link to the article](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a970606.html) on which you are commenting.
Here’s another comment: Cecil’s actual words were
> [@The Perfect Master](#):
>
> Organically grown produce isn’t necessarily healthier for you.
Within the context of the entire column, in which he also writes:
> [@The Perfect Master](#):
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> You also need to consider the big picture. Excess chemical use isn’t the only or even the biggest farm problem we’ve got.
The sharp-minded reader will likely read the “directly” as implied the sentence, notwithstanding that his sharp eyes noted its absence.
It appears that your issue with the wording as published is that it doesn’t stress the environmental/ecological/biologically-sustainable aspects of organic vs. non-organic farming. Given that the column as a whole addresses these quite adequately (IMHO), C\_\_\_l is not remiss at all in couching one sentence in strictly medical/nutritional terms (again, IMHO).