Challenges to study finding organics no better than conventional produce

The recent British study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluding that organic produce has no nutritional benefits over conventional, misses the main point that organic fruits and vegetables are free of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. But the study has many other limitations.

The Organic Center, whose mission is to generate peer reviewed scientific research on the benefits of organic farming, has challenged the findings of the British study on several points